Eastside Speech and Debate



Impromptu Topics – QuotesSpeaker #1:?“They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.”??– Andy Warhol“I’ve been struck by how hungry we all are for a different kind of politics.” – Barack Obama“Aim above morality. Be not simply good; be good for something.”??-??Henry David ThoreauSpeaker #2:“No question, 2006 was a lousy year for Iraq.” – Pres. George W. Bush“We did not change as we grew older; we just became more clearly ourselves.” -??Lynn Hall“College isn’t the place to go for ideas.”??- Helen KellerSpeaker #3:“Thank you to every American who hasn’t sued me so far.” – Sacha Baron Cohen“The more things change, the more they remain… insane.” – Michael Fry and T. Lewis“Fathers send their sons to college either because they went to college or because they didn’t.”??-??L.L. HendersonSpeaker #4:“Education is a state-controlled manufactory of echoes.”??-??Norman Douglas“There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love.”??-??Martin Luther King, Jr.“Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history that man can never learn anything from history.”??- George Bernard ShawSpeaker #5:“The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking.”??-?Einstein“I respect faith, but doubt is what gets you an education.”??-??Wilson Mizner“The best way to predict the future is to invent it.”??-??Alan KaySpeaker #6:“To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong.”??-??Joseph Chilton Pearce“Excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism.”??-??Oprah Winfrey“There can be as much value in the blink of an eye as in months of rational analysis.” – Malcom GladwellSpeaker #7:“The dead cannot cry out for justice; it is a duty of the living to do so for them.”??-??Lois McMaster Bujold“Woman is woman’s natural ally.”??-??Euripides“That all men are equal is a proposition which, at ordinary times, no sane individual has ever given his assent.”??-??Aldous HuxleySpeaker #8:“Always do sober what you say you’ll do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.”??-??Ernest Hemingway“It is not true that equality is a law of nature. Nature has no equality. Its sovereign law is subordination and dependence.”??-??Marquis de Vauvenargues“I’ve never been a millionaire but I just know I’d be darling at it.”??-??Dorothy ParkerSpeaker #9:“Technological progress has merely provided us with more efficient means of going backwards.”??-??Aldous Huxley“Someday I want to be rich. Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity. That’s how rich I want to be.”??-??Rita Rudner“In order that all men may be taught to speak truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it.”??- Samuel JohnsonSpeaker #10:“When I meet a man I ask myself, ‘Is this the man I want my children to spend their weekends with?’??-??Rita Rudner“We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know because they have never deceived us.”??-??Samuel Johnson“Morality, like art, means drawing a line someplace.”??- Oscar WildeSpeaker #11:“A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.”??-??Oscar Wilde“Advertising is the modern substitute for argument; its function is to make the worse appear the better.”??-??George Santayana“The truth will set you free.??But first, it will piss you off.”??-??Gloria SteinemSpeaker #12:“Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.”??-??Oscar Wilde“There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.”??- Benjamin Disareli“Why do you have to be a nonconformist like everybody else?”??- James ThurberSpeaker #13:?“They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.”??– Andy Warhol“I’ve been struck by how hungry we all are for a different kind of politics.” – Barack Obama“Aim above morality. Be not simply good; be good for something.”??-??Henry David ThoreauSpeaker #14:“No question, 2006 was a lousy year for Iraq.” – Pres. George W. Bush“We did not change as we grew older; we just became more clearly ourselves.” -??Lynn Hall“College isn’t the place to go for ideas.”??- Helen KellerSpeaker #15:“Thank you to every American who hasn’t sued me so far.” – Sacha Baron Cohen“The more things change, the more they remain… insane.” – Michael Fry and T. Lewis“Fathers send their sons to college either because they went to college or because they didn’t.”??-??L.L. HendersonSpeaker #16:“Education is a state-controlled manufactory of echoes.”??-??Norman Douglas“There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love.”??-??Martin Luther King, Jr.“Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history that man can never learn anything from history.”??- George Bernard ShawSpeaker #17:“The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking.”??-?Einstein“I respect faith, but doubt is what gets you an education.”??-??Wilson Mizner“The best way to predict the future is to invent it.”??-??Alan KaySpeaker #18:“To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong.”??-??Joseph Chilton Pearce“Excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism.”??-??Oprah Winfrey“There can be as much value in the blink of an eye as in months of rational analysis.” – Malcom GladwellSpeaker #19:“The dead cannot cry out for justice; it is a duty of the living to do so for them.”??-??Lois McMaster Bujold“Woman is woman’s natural ally.”??-??Euripides“That all men are equal is a proposition which, at ordinary times, no sane individual has ever given his assent.”??-??Aldous HuxleySpeaker #20:“Always do sober what you say you’ll do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.”??-??Ernest Hemingway“It is not true that equality is a law of nature. Nature has no equality. Its sovereign law is subordination and dependence.”??-??Marquis de Vauvenargues“I’ve never been a millionaire but I just know I’d be darling at it.”??-??Dorothy ParkerSpeaker #21:“Technological progress has merely provided us with more efficient means of going backwards.”??-??Aldous Huxley“Someday I want to be rich. Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity. That’s how rich I want to be.”??-??Rita Rudner“In order that all men may be taught to speak truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it.”??- Samuel JohnsonSpeaker #22:“When I meet a man I ask myself, ‘Is this the man I want my children to spend their weekends with?’??-??Rita Rudner“We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know because they have never deceived us.”??-??Samuel Johnson“Morality, like art, means drawing a line someplace.”??- Oscar WildeSpeaker #23:“A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.”??-??Oscar Wilde“Advertising is the modern substitute for argument; its function is to make the worse appear the better.”??-??George Santayana“The truth will set you free.??But first, it will piss you off.”??-??Gloria SteinemSpeaker #24:“Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.”??-??Oscar Wilde“There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.”??- Benjamin Disareli“Why do you have to be a nonconformist like everybody else?”??- James ThurberSpeaker #25:“The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking.”??-?Einstein“I respect faith, but doubt is what gets you an education.”??-??Wilson Mizner“The best way to predict the future is to invent it.”??-??Alan KaySpeaker #26:“To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong.”??-??Joseph Chilton Pearce“Excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism.”??-??Oprah Winfrey“There can be as much value in the blink of an eye as in months of rational analysis.” – Malcom GladwellSpeaker #27:“The dead cannot cry out for justice; it is a duty of the living to do so for them.”??-??Lois McMaster Bujold“Woman is woman’s natural ally.”??-??Euripides“That all men are equal is a proposition which, at ordinary times, no sane individual has ever given his assent.”??-??Aldous HuxleySpeaker #20:“Always do sober what you say you’ll do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.”??-??Ernest Hemingway“It is not true that equality is a law of nature. Nature has no equality. Its sovereign law is subordination and dependence.”??-??Marquis de Vauvenargues“I’ve never been a millionaire but I just know I’d be darling at it.”??-??Dorothy ParkerSpeaker #28:“Technological progress has merely provided us with more efficient means of going backwards.”??-??Aldous Huxley“Someday I want to be rich. Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity. That’s how rich I want to be.”??-??Rita Rudner“In order that all men may be taught to speak truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it.”??- Samuel Johnson ................
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