81 Practice Impromptu Topics

Here’s our first list of impromptu topics. Competitors can randomly select topics for practice, and clubs can use the list to demo up to three speech rounds. Each round has a common theme, and each speaker is given a range of topics intended to include an easy and a difficult choice.

Round 1: Hitler 

SPEAKER 1
The greater the lie, the greater the chance that it will be believed. – Adolf Hitler
Those who do not want to fight in this world of eternal struggle do not deserve to live. – Adolf Hitler
The majority can never replace the man. – Adolf Hitler

SPEAKER 2
It is always more difficult to fight against faith than against knowledge. – Adolf Hitler
Success is the sole earthly judge of right and wrong. – Adolf Hitler
The broad masses of a population are more amenable to the appeal of rhetoric than to any other force. – Adolf
Hitler

SPEAKER 3
Any alliance whose purpose is not the intention to wage war is senseless and useless. – Adolf Hitler
Humanitarianism is the expression of stupidity and cowardice. – Adolf Hitler
How fortunate for leaders that men do not think. – Adolf Hitler

SPEAKER 4
To be a leader means to be able to move masses. – Adolf Hitler
The victor will never be asked if he told the truth. – Adolf Hitler
Anyone who sees and paints a sky green and fields blue ought to be sterilized. – Adolf Hitler

SPEAKER 5
Great liars are also great magicians. – Adolf Hitler
The great strength of the totalitarian state is that it forces those who fear it to imitate it. – Adolf Hitler
Whoever has experienced war at the front will want to refrain from all avoidable bloodshed. – Adolf Hitler

SPEAKER 6
Strength lies not in defense but in attack. – Adolf Hitler
I use emotion for the many and reserve reason for the few. – Adolf Hitler
The leader of genius must have the ability to make different opponents appear as if they belonged to one
category. – Adolf Hitler

SPEAKER 7
Demoralize the enemy from within by surprise, terror, sabotage, assassination. This is the war of the future. – Adolf Hitler
Hate is more lasting than dislike. – Adolf Hitler
As a Christian I have no duty to allow myself to be cheated, but I have the duty to be a fighter for truth and justice. – Adolf Hitler

SPEAKER 8

The very first essential for success is a perpetually constant and regular employment of violence. – Adolf Hitler
He alone, who owns the youth, gains the future. – Adolf Hitler
By the skillful and sustained use of propaganda, one can make a people see even heaven as hell or an
extremely wretched life as paradise. – Adolf Hitler

SPEAKER 9
Mankind has grown strong in eternal struggles and it will only perish through eternal peace. – Adolf Hitler
The day of individual happiness has passed. – Adolf Hitler
Universal education is the most corroding and disintegrating poison that liberalism has ever invented for its own
destruction. – Adolf Hitler

Round 2: Blog Themes

SPEAKER 1
Celebrity
Valentine
Ice Cream

SPEAKER 2
Music
Christmas
Black & White

SPEAKER 3
Monster
Fashion
Thunderbolt

SPEAKER 4
Birthday
Iconic
Robot

SPEAKER 5
Peace
Food & Drink
Crown

SPEAKER 6
Cartoon
Vintage
Astronaut

SPEAKER 7
Strict
Plain
Solstice

SPEAKER 8
Office
Linear
Clean

SPEAKER 9
Perfect
Amateur
Papercut

Round 3: Pixar Quotes

SPEAKER 1
A good soldier never leaves a man behind! – Sergeant, “Toy Story”
Adventure is out there! – Charles Muntz, “Up”
Computer, define ‘dancing.’ – Captain, “Wall-E”

SPEAKER 2
Nature has a certain order. – Princess Atta, “A Bug’s Life”
You don’t talk much. I like you! – Ellie, “Up”
They keep creating new ways to celebrate mediocrity. – Bob, “The Incredibles”

SPEAKER 3
It isn’t stealing if no one wants it. – Django, “Ratatouille”
Oh, that’s great, blame it on the little guy. – Mike Wazowski, “Monsters, Inc”
Everyone’s special. – Helen, “The Incredibles”

SPEAKER 4
First rule of leadership: Everything is your fault. – Hopper, “A Bug’s Life”
Thanks for the adventure. Now go have one of your own. – Ellie, “Up”
You have saved our lives. We are eternally grateful. – Alien toys, “Toy Story 2”

SPEAKER 5
Ain’t no need to watch where I’m goin’; just need to know where I’ve been. – Mater, “Cars”
Try blue, it’s the new red! – Ship’s Computer, “Wall-E”
This is the perfect time to be hysterical. – Hamm the Piggy Bank, “Toy Story 3”

SPEAKER 6
Ya can’t rush art. – Geri the Cleaner, “Toy Story 2”
I think the boring stuff is the stuff I remember the most. – Russell, “Up”
Do not return to Earth. – Shelby Forthright, BnL CEO, “Wall-E”

SPEAKER 7
I don’t want your help, I want you safe. – Carl Fredricksen, “Up”
Now you respect me, because I’m a threat. – Syndrome, “The Incredibles”
They can’t know the truth! The truth, you see, is bad! – Flik, “A Bug’s Life”

SPEAKER 8
Valuing life is not weakness … and disregarding it is not strength. – Mirage, “The Incredibles”
I like you temporarily! – Dug, “Up”
Do you hear that? It’s the winds of change. – Randall, “Monsters, Inc”

SPEAKER 9
Not everyone can become a great artist, but a great artist can come from anywhere. – Anton Ego, “Ratatouille”
I have just met you, and I love you. – Dug, “Up”
So long … partner. – Woody, “Toy Story 3”