A. Novice Impromptu Event Prompts
Round 1: 8:00am
Speaker 1
1.“Never say never because limits, like fears, are often just an illusion.” – Michael Jordan
2.“All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.”–Gandalf
3.“It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.” - Paulo Coelho
Speaker 2
1.“Today, you have 100% of your life left.” –Tom Landry
2.“What we do in life echoes in eternity.”–Maximus
3.“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” - Maya Angelou
Speaker 3
1.“Do you know what my favorite part of the game is? The opportunity to play.” –Mike Singletary
2.“Get busy livin’, or get busy dyin’.”– Andy Dufresne
3.“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” - anonymous
Speaker 4
1.“Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it.” – George Halas
2. It is not our abilities that show what we truly are. It is our choices. –Professor Dumbledore
3.“Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart.” - Haruki Murakami
Speaker 5
1.“Winners never quit and quitters never win.” –Vince Lombardi
2.“You cannot live your life to please others. The choice must be yours.”– White Queen, Alice In
Wonderland
3.“Do I love you? My God, if your love were a grain of sand, mine would be a universe of beaches.” —William Goldman
Speaker 6
1.“Champions keep playing until they get it right.” – Billie Jean King
2.“Our lives are defined by opportunities, even the ones we miss.” – Benjamin Button
3.“Love is the longing for the half of ourselves we have lost.” ― Milan Kundera
Round 2: 11:00am
Speaker 1
1. “My name is Inigo Montoya, you killed my father, prepare to die!” -
“It takes two to lie. One to lie, and one to listen.” – The Simpsons
3. “It is easier to do a job right than to explain why you didn't.” – Martin Van Buren
Speaker 2
1. “I want to commit the murder I was imprisoned for.” -
2. “As long as everybody is videotaping everybody else, justice will be done.” – The Simpsons
3. "Times change, and we change with them." – William Henry Harrison
Speaker 3
1. “Never go to bed mad. Stay up and fight.” -
2. “Most of you will never fall in love, and marry out of fear of dying alone.” - The Simpsons
3. “I don’t like that man. I must get to know him better.” – Abraham Lincoln
Speaker 4
1. “The best fighter is never angry”. -
2. “If you can reach just one girl, that’s not enough.” – The Simpsons
3. “To be good, and to do good, is all we have to do.” – John Adams
Speaker 5
1. “When angry, count four. When very angry, swear”. -
2.“But surely you can’t put a price on family. I wouldn’t have thought so either, but here we are.” – The Simpsons
3. “The circulation of confidence is better than the circulation of money.” – James Madison
Speaker 6
1. “Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.”
2.“Just because I don’t care doesn’t mean I don’t understand.” – The Simpsons
"If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader" – John Quincy Adams
Round 3: 12:45pm
Speaker 1
1. “Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.” – Carl Sagan
2. “Evil influence is like a nicotine patch, you cannot help but absorb what sticks to you” -
3. “I am glad I will not be young in a future without wilderness.” -
Speaker 2
1. “Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.” – Immanuel Kant
2. “There are two sides to power, good and evil, the latter of which has a more lasting effect” -
3. “The poetry of the earth is never dead.” -
Speaker 3
1. “Art is the tree of life. Science is the tree of death.” – William Blake
2. “Do not mistake quietness for weakness. Evil is often better addressed in silence.” -
“What we are doing to the forests of the world is but a mirror reflection of what we are doing to ourselves and to one another.” -
Speaker 4
1. “The science of today is the technology of tomorrow.” – Edward Teller
2. “There is no denying that there is evil in this world but the light will always conquer the darkness.” -
3. “Giving is the master key to success, in all applications of human life.” -
Speaker 5
1. “The good thing about science is that it’s true whether or not you believe in it.”– Neil deGrasse Tyson
2. “Goodness is the only investment that never fails.” - Henry David Thoreau
3. “Believing you’re a good person and actually being one are two completely different things.” – Anonymous
Speaker 6
1. “The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking.” – Albert Einstein
2. “The roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation for goodness.” - Dalai Lama
3. “Be a good person. But don’t waste time proving it.” - Anonymous
Finals: 5:00pm
Speaker 1
1. “You don’t have to forgive him, but we shouldn’t forget him.” – Coco
2. “Success doesn’t come for free.” – Coco
3. “Be careful what you chase after.” - Coco
Speaker 2
1. “Remember, they love money so pretend like you own a gold mine and you’re in the club.” —Titanic
2. "I figure life's a gift and I don't intend on wasting it." -Titanic
3. “A woman’s heart is a deep ocean of secrets.” — Titanic
Speaker 3
1. “We all have powers of one kind or another.” – Spider-man Into the Spider Verse
2. “It's not always about the money.” – Spider-man Into the Spider Verse
3. “I see this spark in you. It's amazing. Whatever you choose to do with it, you'll be great.” Spider-man Into the Spider Verse
Speaker 4
1. "You get to decide what kind of king you are going to be.” – Black Panther
2. “Wise build bridges. Foolish build barriers.” – Black Panther
3. "Just because something works, doesn't mean it can't be improved." – Black Panther
Speaker 5
1. “The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you first find yourself.” – Mark Caine
2. “Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.” – George S. Patton
3. “Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.” – Oscar Wilde
Speaker 6
1. “Some people are just born with tragedy in their blood.”- Donnie Darko
2. “Life isn't fair, it's just fairer than death, that's all.” – Princess Bride
3. “The night is darkest before the dawn.” – The Dark Knight
Speaker 7
1.“I gotta keep breathing. Because tomorrow the sun will rise. Who knows what the tide could bring?” – Cast Away
2.“We live and we die by time. And we must not commit the sin of losing our track on time.” – Cast Away
3.“Don’t worry Wilson, I’ll do all the paddling. You just hang on.”- Cast Away