Quotes About Wilt

I said there are certain flowers that wilt if you put them in a vase' (368).

If our destiny stems from our name, then I weep for the flower named Wilt.

Almighty God, we make our earnest prayer that thou wilt keep the United States in thy holy protection.

O Sorrow, wilt Thou live with meNo casual mistress, but a wife.

The designated hitter rule is like letting someone else take Wilt Chamberlain's free throws.

Wilt snare me with predestination 'round," Margraves quoted, "and then impute my fall to sin?

Houses are like people. They have memories, and energy. They wait. They wilt from neglect. They sicken and decay. They haunt, and they are haunted.

Any kind of blockage is heart disease; when you have a blood clot anywhere, that's heart disease. When Wilt Chamberlain died, strongest man I ever met in my life, I started paying attention.

Wilt Chamberlain, by far, is my best basketball player. Best athlete ever.

You will probably be hearing more about this schoolboy. His name is Wilt Chamberlain.

Who is it? I called sweetly. It's Wilt Chamberlain. Open up so we can play one on one.

Say maiden wilt thou go with meIn this strange death of life-to-beTo live in death and be the sameWithout this life or home or nameAt once to be and not to be

Michael Jordan wasn't the first basketball hero by any means, but our desire to have a hero, as sparked by earlier stars like Wilt Chamberlain and Larry Bird, made it easier for Michael to walk in and fill a role that had to be filled by someone.

Meanwhile, the sword began to wilt into gory icicles, to slather and thaw. It was a wonderful thing, the way it all melted as ice melts when the Father eases the fetters off the frost and unravels the water-ropes. He who wields power over time and tide: He is the true Lord.

malnutrition is much safer for the rich than starvation. Starvation makes a man desperate. Malnutrition makes him too tired to raise a fist. The Americans understand that well – the aid they give us makes just that amount of difference. Our people do not starve – they wilt.

Hope and change were a luxury, folks seemed to be telling us, exotic imports that would wilt in the heat.

A work of art wastes away and becomes lustreless in surroundings where it has a price but not a value. It radiates only when surrounded by love. It is bound to wilt in a world where the rich have no time and the cultivated no money. But it never harmonizes with borrowed greatness.

Is it reasonable for a man to average 50.4 points a game while finishing second in the MVP voting? It is not. But this is Wilt's legacy (and it always will be).

The way my team are doing, we could get Wilt Chamberlain in a trade and find out that he's really two midgets Scotch-taped together.

Yes, there's a lot I have learned about flowers. They're just like people. Put too many together and they get on each other's nerves and start to wilt. Mix some kinds and you get what appears to be a dreadful form of class distinction.

Mischief, thou art afoot. Take thou what course thou wilt.

Gather, gather your youth: Just like this flower, old age Your beauty will wither.

That's how pathetic the NBA television contract was at the time. West vs. Robertson and Wilt vs. Kareem…and no TV of any kind.