That reminds me the old man and the hammer story. 
The story goes:
A giant engine in a factory failed and despite speaking with various ‘experts’ none were able to show the owners how they could solve the problem.
Eventually they brought in an old man who had many years’ experience fixing engines. After inspecting the huge engine for a minute or two, the old man pulled a hammer out of his tool bag. He gently tapped on the engine whereupon it immediately started working.
A week later the owners of the business received an invoice from the old man for £10,000. Flabbergasted, they wrote to the old man asking him to send through a breakdown of the invoice. The man replied:
Tapping with a hammer: £2.00
Knowing where to tap: £9,998.00
The moral of the story is that, whilst effort is important, having the experience to know where to put that effort makes all the difference

Square the circle, dingbat, rumbling idiot, bunch of hooey, 

That's an open secrets

Lie through one's teeth

Correlation but not causation

Every improvement is a change, but not every change is an improvement.

"When a clown moves into a palace, he doesn't become a king. The palace becomes a circus." 

So this is how Liberty dies, In Thunderous Applause

The best part is no part. The best process is no process.
Its weights nothing. Cost nothing. Cant go wrong. "Elon"

Don't let the door hit your ass on the way out

Listen, pause, reflect, respond.

Strong am I with the Force, but not that strong.

I would rather have questions i can't answer than answers i can't question

Well this is how you get 99% of the scientists to agree on something. Remove the voice of all who disagree.

If your aunt had nuts she'd be your uncle, but she doesn't
It is fruitless to speculate about counterfactual situations.

To be an enemy of the US is dangerous, but to be a friend is fatal - Kissinger

William of Ockham that says that if you have two competing ideas to explain the same phenomenon, you should prefer the simpler one.

That's where the rubber meets the road

The bottom line is, “Believe nothing until it is officially denied"

it's the best block in a bad neighborhood

that's worse is a very deep hole

What gets us in trouble is not what we don't know - It's what we know for sure that just ain't so

Att vara annorlunda gör dig inte bättre men för att vara bättre måste man vara annorlunda.

We found solutions even if we weren't looking for the solutions when we seeking the knowledge and that's pretty cool  "Nick Norwitz"

Do as you wish but know what you're doing

In an emergency "Wind The Clock" Take a few seconds to analyze the situation before taking any action.

Association may not be Causation

I have no dog in this fight

Under pressure, you don't rise to the occasion, you sink to the level of your training

Smart people think before they speak, Wise people think before they think 

Don't raise your voice. Improve your argument

Silence and smile are two powerful tools. Smile is the way to solve many problemens and silence is the way to avoid many problemens

Silence is an ocean, speech is a river

Be kind to all creatures, this is the true religion 

Until we can do that without the influence or the tyranny of these ideologies-in our case our generation, it's diversity, equity, inclusion and radical environmentalism that preclude free discussion and the pathway to the truth

In rich countries that ...... is old. For the rest of us it is gold.

Speak softly and carry a big stick

Deficiency of intellectual integrity

Liten handling är bättre än en stor tanke

Det spelar ingen roll vem du har framför dig utan vem som står bakom dig 

One bright day in the middle of the night, Two dead boys got up to fight.
Back to back they faced each other, drew their swords and shot each other.
A deaf policeman heard the noise and ran to save the two dead boys.
If you don't believe this lie is true, ask the blind man, he saw it, too.

I am still here (your life still has meaning)
I will not waste my energy on things I can't change
I will treat myself with the same kindness I give others
I will focus on what I can still do not on what I've lost
I will find one thing to be grateful for today

Fork in the road - deciding moment when a choice between presented options is required, and, once made, the choice cannot be reversed

"The oaths of a woman I inscribe on water." - Sophocles
"Men are in love, women are in business“ - Coach Greg Adams
"Do not try to understand women, son. They understand each other and hate each other." - The Great Philosopher Al Bundy

"the evidence is cut in the stone" 