#growing old

You must not pity me because my sixtieth year finds me still astonished. To be astonished is one of the surest ways of not growing old too quickly. ↗

— Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

#because #finds #growing #growing old #me

Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional. ↗

— Chili Davis

#growing old #growing up #mandatory #old #optional

Growing old is not growing up. ↗

— Douglas Horton

#growing old #growing up #old #up

The clock never stops, never stops, never waits. We're growing old. It's getting late. ↗

— Ben Folds

#getting #growing #growing old #late #never

Quite a lot of our contemporary culture is actually shot through with a resentment of limits and the passage of time, anger at what we can't do, fear or even disgust at growing old. ↗

— Rowan Williams

#anger #contemporary #culture #disgust #even

I think for a woman, the hardest thing about growing old is becoming invisible. There's something very front and center about being young. ↗

— Amy Grant

#becoming #being #center #front #growing

Whenever a man's friends begin to compliment him about looking young, he may be sure that they think he is growing old. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#begin #compliment #friends #growing #growing old

I like the idea of growing old gracefully and full of wrinkles... like Audrey Hepburn. ↗

— Natalie Imbruglia

#audrey hepburn #full #gracefully #growing #growing old

Fame is no sanctuary from the passing of youth... suicide is much easier and more acceptable in Hollywood than growing old gracefully. ↗

— Julie Burchill

#easier #fame #gracefully #growing #growing old

I am growing old, and my future, so to speak, is already behind me. ↗

— George Wald

#am #behind #future #growing #growing old