| 100% | CHE | 3 | He said, "Silence is argument carried out by other means" |
| 35% | EBERT | 5 | He said "I learned to be a movie critic by reading Mad magazine" |
| 34% | GROUCHOMARX | 11 | He said "I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury" |
| 33% | GROUCHO | 7 | He said, "Those are my principles, and if you don't like them ... well, I have others" |
| 33% | DOING | 5 | Carrying out something, "He is ___ it as we speak" |
| 32% | HATERS | 6 | "Rumors are carried by ___, spread by fools and accepted by idiots" (old saying) |
| 31% | INTENT | 6 | ___ versus impact (what is meant by one’s actions versus how they affect others) |
| 31% | RADIO | 5 | Raid carried out by old medium |
| 31% | LAIRD | 5 | Large raid carried out by landowner |
| 31% | DESTROYER | 9 | Orders yet carried out by ship |
| 31% | COLINKAEPERNICK | 15 | He said, “To me, this is bigger than football and it would be selfish on my part to look the other way” |
| 30% | BACON | 5 | He said "Knowledge is power" |
| 30% | OBEY | 4 | Carry out what someone said |
| 30% | TONTO | 5 | He said ''You are lone ranger'' |
| 29% | UTTER | 5 | Word meaning blurt out, and when you've blurted it, the same word could be followed by nonsense |
| 29% | DONALDTRUMP | 11 | He said "Everything in life is luck" |
| 29% | MAO | 3 | He said, ''Politics is war without bloodshed'' |
| 29% | MRROGERS | 8 | He said ''Appreciation is a holy thing'' |
| 29% | RODE | 4 | Was carried by |
| 29% | WABE | 4 | Word in "Jabberwocky" that Lewis Carroll said meant "the side of a hill (from its being soaked by rain)" |
| 29% | OBAMA | 5 | He said "What Washington needs is adult supervision" |
| 29% | EINSTEIN | 8 | He said mass could be converted into energy |
| 29% | BLOG | 4 | Online journal meant to be read by others |
| 29% | SEABORNE | 8 | Carried by freighter, say |
| 29% | AILS | 4 | Is out sick, say |
| 29% | HAUL | 4 | Carry by semitrailer, say |
| 29% | LOSETO | 6 | Be upset by, say |
| 29% | SATFOR | 6 | Was painted by, say |
| 28% | BILLCLINTON | 11 | President who probably wishes he never said, "It depends upon what the meaning of the word 'is' is": 2 wds. |
| 28% | DEBUSSY | 7 | He said "Music is the space between the notes" |