To climb a tree to catch a fish is talking much and doing nothing.

The heart never grows better by age I fear rather worse, always harder. A young liar will be an old one, and a young knave will only be a greater knave as he grows older.

In 1956, two commercial airplanes flew in the Grand Canyon showing tourists the sights. Unfortunately, the two planes collided with each other and everyone was killed. This disaster prompted the founding of the Federal Aviation Agency.