B. Middle School Impromptu Event Prompts
Round 3
Speaker 1
Possession is nine-tenths of the law.
True love means what’s mine is yours. --African Proverb
Behave toward everyone as if receiving a guest. --Chinese ProverbSpeaker 2
He who hesitates is lost.
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today
It’s easy to be wise after the eventSpeaker 3
Think thrice before you act. --Chinese Proverb
When the roots of a tree begin to decay, it spreads death to the branches.
Least said, soonest mended.Speaker 4
Silence is half consent.
All that glitters is not gold.
A closed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood --Chinese ProverbSpeaker 5
Better safe than sorry
Use it or lose it.
Where the tongue slips, it speaks the truth. --Irish proverbSpeaker 6
A penny saved is a penny earned.
Clothes do not make a man.
Love me, love my dog.Speaker 7
Don't bite the hand that feeds you.
With truth on your side, you can go anywhere; without truth, you can't take a tiny step. --Chinese Proverb
There is truth in wine.
Round 1
Speaker 1
Computer
Grandmother
TongueSpeaker 2
Candy
Garage
GrapesSpeaker 3
Sister
Mango
BrassSpeaker 4
Arrow
Giraffe
LondonSpeaker 5
Lips
Father
ShoesSpeaker 6
Bitterness
Crest
JawSpeaker 7
Cat
Umbrella
Lemon
Round 2
Speaker 1
hearsay
motivation
TalentSpeaker 2
Insanity
Strength
GenerationSpeaker 3
Childhood
Justice
stupiditySpeaker 4
Dream
Horror
WitSpeaker 5
Deceit
submission
AdvantageSpeaker 6
Surprise
Sacrifice
LieSpeaker 7
Confusion
Appetite
Divorce
Elim 1
Speaker 1
The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking. --Albert Einstein
The less you talk, the more you're listened to. --Abigail Van Buren
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds. --Albert EinsteinSpeaker 2
You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through. --Rosalynn Carter
"No feeling is final.” --— Rainer Maria Rilke
"Luck is the residue of design.” --— Branch RickeySpeaker 3
I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving, hysterical, naked. --Allen Ginsberg,
Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.
It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.Speaker 4
The only journey is the one within.
"Taste is made up of a thousand distastes.” --— Paul Valéry
Honest people don't hide their deeds. --Emily BronteSpeaker 5
Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work. --Aristotle
If a policy is wrongheaded, feckless and corrupt, I take it personally and consider it a moral obligation to sound off and not shut up until it’s fixed. --David Hackworth
Everything is possible. Even the impossible --Mary Poppins ReturnsSpeaker 6
The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe.
Life would be tragic if it weren’t funny.
“In the end the Party would announce that two and two made five, and you would have to believe it." --— George Orwell, 1984Speaker 7
All my concerts had no sounds in them they were completely silent. People had to make up their own music in their minds!
"We build too many walls and not enough bridges.” --— Isaac Newton
Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it. --Charles Swindoll
Elim 2
Speaker 1
Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands. --Anne Frank
Why, I'd like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip. --Aristophanes
“Being human is not hard because you're doing it wrong, it's hard because you're doing it right. You will never change the fact that being human is hard, so you must change your idea that it was ever supposed to be easy.” --— Glennon Doyle, UntamedSpeaker 2
That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons of history. --Aldous Huxley
The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes.
"You snooze, you lose. I have snost and lost.” --— Mike DoughtySpeaker 3
It's with bad sentiments that one makes good novels. --Aldous Huxley
Courage consists not in hazarding without fear; but being resolutely minded in a just cause.
You want something done, you've got to do it yourselfSpeaker 4
If there is a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, you must be the one to write it. --Toni Morrison
It is one of my sources of happiness never to desire a knowledge of other people’s business. --Dolley Madison
If men were angels, no government would be necessary. --James MadisonSpeaker 5
Courage is a special kind of knowledge: the knowledge of how to fear what ought to be feared and how not to fear what ought not to be feared. --David Ben-Gurion
"We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that death will tremble to take us.” --— Charles Bukowski
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.Speaker 6
Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one. --Albert Einstein
People only see what they are prepared to see. ---Ralph Waldo Emerson
Nobody is as powerful as we make them out to be. --Alice WalkerSpeaker 7
My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure. --Abraham Lincoln
Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.
Whatever choice you make, let it come from your heart ---Queen Clarisse Renaldi