| 100% | AMELIAEARHART | 13 | Aviator who said "Adventure is worthwhile in itself" |
| 45% | FRANCISBACON | 12 | British philosopher who said "knowledge itself is power" |
| 44% | KANYE | 5 | Rapper who said "I am Shakespeare in the flesh" |
| 43% | OPHELIA | 7 | Who says "O, what a noble mind is here o'erthrown!," in Shakespeare |
| 42% | CAMUS | 5 | French author who said "An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself" |
| 41% | CAESARSWIFE | 11 | One who must be above suspicion, in a saying |
| 41% | FDR | 3 | President who said "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself": Abbr. |
| 41% | SAHL | 4 | Comic who said "A conservative is someone who believes in reform. But not now" |
| 41% | PAINE | 5 | Patriot who said "Government even in its best state is but a necessary evil" |
| 41% | RBG | 3 | SCOTUS justice who said "Women belong in all places where decisions are being made" |
| 41% | ALL | 3 | "___ in!" said by poker players who are betting their full pot |
| 40% | GANDHI | 6 | Who said "The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others" |
| 40% | CHENEY | 6 | Vice president who said "My belief is we will, in fact, be greeted as liberators" |
| 40% | NERO | 4 | Roman emperor who said before dying "What an artist the world is losing in me!" |
| 40% | SAGAN | 5 | Scientist who said "Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark" |
| 40% | NERO | 4 | Roman emperor who said before dying, "What an artist the world is losing in me!" |
| 40% | LINUS | 5 | Comics character who said "Big sisters are the crab grass in the lawn of life" |
| 40% | EDISON | 6 | Who said "Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work" |
| 40% | OVID | 4 | Poet who said "Let others praise ancient times. I am glad I was born in these" |
| 40% | OTTESSAMOSHFEGH | 15 | “Eileen” author who said that people “shut down when women in fiction are disgusting or disordered” |
| 40% | SCAR | 4 | Disney villain who said, "I was first in line . . . until the little hairball was born" |
| 39% | ROBERTALTMAN | 12 | Five-time Best Director nominee who said "All of the best things in my films are mistakes" |
| 39% | WCFIELDS | 8 | Comedian who said "I once spent a year in Philadelphia. I think it was on a Sunday" |
| 39% | LESLIENIELSEN | 13 | Actor who says, "I am serious ... and don't call me Shirley" in "Airplane!" (2 wds.) |
| 38% | FASSBINDER | 10 | Acclaimed German filmmaker who said, in 1974, “I think TV is the most important thing one can do” |
| 38% | CALVIN | 6 | Comics title character who says "Getting an inch of snow is like winning 10 cents in the lottery" |
| 38% | ILSA | 4 | Character who says “Kiss me as if it were the last time” to Rick, in a 1942 film |
| 38% | RBG | 3 | SCOTUS justice who said, "Women belong in all places where decisions are being made" |
| 38% | PAINE | 5 | Patriot who said "Moderation in temper, is always a virtue; but moderation in principle, is a species of vice" |
| 38% | KALEYCUOCO | 10 | "The Big Bang Theory" actress who says "Every trip is a big deal" in Priceline.com commercials (2 wds.) |