"Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional."
"My dad gave me a haircut... and it wasn't a very good one. When I went out of the house, my friends got on my case and said it looked like someone put a chili bowl over my head and cut around it."
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Source: Character: Police Captain. Where the Boys Are, www.imdb.com. 1960.
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