| 100% | SPARROW | 7 | I'd rather be a __ than a snail, yes I would |
| 49% | EYREQUOTES | 10 | "Reader, I married him," "I would always rather be happy than dignified," etc.? |
| 45% | EYRE | 4 | Jane who says "I would always rather be happy than dignified" |
| 44% | EYRE | 4 | Titular narrator who says, “I would always rather be happy than dignified” |
| 44% | EYRE | 4 | Fictional Jane who said "I would always rather be happy than dignified" |
| 43% | EMMA | 4 | Title heroine who says "I would much rather have been merry than wise" |
| 42% | NOHIT | 5 | "I would rather beat the Yankees regularly than pitch a ___ game" (Bob Feller) |
| 41% | NOT | 3 | "I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am ___," quote by famous musician Kurt Cobain |
| 41% | EYRE | 4 | Jane of fiction who would “always rather be happy than dignified” |
| 41% | IVENEVERTRIEDIT | 15 | "This would be a first for me" |
| 41% | DABBLE | 6 | Be a dilettante, rather than focusing on just one thing |
| 40% | LIVE | 4 | "I'd rather die tomorrow than ___ a hundred years without knowing you," romantic words from "Pocahontas" |
| 39% | LEAR | 4 | "I am a man more sinn'd against than sinning" speaker |
| 39% | CCRIDER | 7 | Classic blues song with the line "I'd rather be dead than to stay here and be your dog" |
| 39% | APPLIED | 7 | A field that is practical rather than academic |
| 39% | MOO | 3 | "Why, yes, I am, in fact, a cow" |
| 38% | BRIENNE | 7 | Highborn lady (who would rather be a knight) played by Gwendoline Christie in "Game of Thrones" |
| 38% | ABE | 3 | Simpson who said: "Grass today is sharper than when I was a boy" |
| 38% | POSITIVE | 8 | "Yes, I am sure!" as you'd say to a commanding officer? |
| 37% | SEX | 3 | Possible reason a movie is R rather than PG |
| 37% | HADNT | 5 | "If I ___ been born a woman, I would certainly have been gay.": Skating gold medalist Dorothy Hamill |
| 36% | DOVECAMERON | 11 | "I could be a better boyfriend than him" |
| 36% | MORRISON | 8 | Nobel laureate who said "If I tried to write a universal novel it would be water" |
| 36% | EXIST | 5 | Be more than a dream |
| 36% | PATDRY | 6 | Be gentler than a wring |
| 36% | AIDS | 4 | Is more than a bystander |
| 36% | TYRANNIZES | 10 | Is more than a bully |
| 36% | LONE | 4 | ___ wolf (one who prefers to be alone rather than in a group) |
| 35% | REEKS | 5 | Is more than a little smelly |
| 35% | PEN | 3 | ___ is mightier than a sword |