To Be Or Not to Be, That Is the Question. Shakespeare (Hamlet)

PUBLIC SPEAKING COMPETITION – UPDATE

Registration is starting to fill up, so if you would like to participate, don’t forget to enter your details here (http://bit.ly/dyd40L) by 5pm on Friday 20th August 2010. Some people are unsure of what to talk about, so to get your creativity flowing I have managed to source some quotes and general ideas to hopefully inspire you. Remember that the speech only needs to be vaguely linked to the topic and that you don’t actually have to be funny!

So have a browse through these and see what you come up with! Good luck  QUOTES  "To be or not to be, that is the question.” – Shakespeare (Hamlet)

 “The rest is silence” – Shakespeare (Hamlet)  "I think, therefore I am." – Descartes  "If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants." – Isaac Newton  "To every action there is always an equal and opposite reaction." – Isaac Newton  "That which doesn't kill us makes us stronger." – Nietzche  "He who lives by the sword, dies by the sword" – Jesus (wording varies)  "If you have to ask how much something costs, you can't afford it." - JP Morgan  "Religion is the opiate of the people" – Karl Marx

 “Last words are for fools who haven’t said enough” – Karl Marx

 "Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely." – Lord Acton  "A little knowledge is a dangerous thing" – Alexander Pope  "Carpe Diem" (Seize the day) – Horace  "It wasn't raining when Noah built the Ark" – Howard Ruff  "An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last." – Winston Churchill  "I did not have sexual relations with that woman." – Bill Clinton  "Come quickly! I am tasting stars!" – Dom Perignon  "Don't handicap your children by making their lives too easy." – Robert Heinlein  "Out of the crooked timber of humanity no straight thing can ever be made" – Immanuel Kant

 “I am just going outside and may be some time” – Lawrence Oates

TOPICS/PHRASES

 My greatest fear...

 The more we communicate, the less we really say.

 Being young is over-rated.

 When I grow up...if I ever grow up...

 The most important lesson of my life so far...

 The most influential person in my life...

 Intelligence is not enough.

 Wisdom vs. Intelligence.

 True wisdom comes from experience.

 Art is essential to life.

 Money is the root of all evil.

 Real wealth is never measured in money or possessions.

 If you can’t beat them, join them.

 The end game....

AREAS OF THOUGHT

 Heroism

 Courage

 Legacy  Sports

 War

 Medical research

 Emerging superpowers

 Education

 The media