growing old, n.All

Growing old is no cause for hysteria. The rosebush does not scream when the petals begin to fall.

Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional.

Growing old is only a state of mind - brought on by gray hairs, false teeth, wrinkles, a pot belly, and an overall feeling of being totally pooped.

Growing old is a bad habit which a busy man has no time to form.

Growing old is partly an inescapable process of accommodation and adjustment.

Growing old is simply a process of drawing closer to that ultimate independence called death.

Growing old is such that it is woman's fate to keep on growing older long after she is old enough.

Growing old is being increasingly penalized for a crime you haven't committed.