| 100% | TONI | 4 | Morrison who said, “Oppressive language does more than represent violence—it is violence” |
| 42% | OVERREACH | 9 | Try to do more than is possible, say |
| 42% | MLK | 3 | Who said "True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar," for short |
| 41% | SHERLOCKHOLMES | 14 | Who said "There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact" |
| 41% | LEAR | 4 | Who said "How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child!" |
| 40% | INDY | 4 | Character who says, "Snakes. Why did it have to be snakes?" |
| 40% | EDISON | 6 | Who said "Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work" |
| 40% | LEAR | 4 | King who said "How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child!" |
| 39% | LEAR | 4 | Shakespeare character who says "How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is / To have a thankless child!" |
| 39% | LEAR | 4 | Stage character who says "How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is / To have a thankless child!" |
| 38% | TONI | 4 | Morrison who said "A writer's life and work are not a gift to mankind; they are its necessity" |
| 38% | ROSAPARKS | 9 | Activist who said "You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right" |
| 38% | EMMA | 4 | Title heroine who says "I would much rather have been merry than wise" |
| 37% | TUTU | 4 | Desmond who said "There is nothing more difficult than waking someone who is only pretending to be asleep" |
| 37% | JOEISUZU | 8 | Pitchman who said "It has more seats than the Astrodome!" |
| 36% | MAEWEST | 7 | Actress who said "You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough" |
| 36% | SUE | 3 | Do more than threaten, say |
| 36% | MOIRAROSE | 9 | "Schitt's Creek" character who says, "What you did was impulsive, capricious, and melodramatic, but it was also wrong" |
| 35% | FASSBINDER | 10 | Acclaimed German filmmaker who said, in 1974, “I think TV is the most important thing one can do” |
| 35% | AOC | 3 | Rep. who said, “Crime is a symptom of a diseased society that neglects its most marginalized people” (July, 2020) |
| 34% | EXTRAMILE | 9 | Metaphor for doing more than is required |
| 34% | MAE | 3 | ___ West, who said "It's better to be looked over than overlooked" |
| 34% | MAE | 3 | West who said "It's better to be looked over than overlooked" |
| 34% | GOESOVERBOARD | 13 | Does way more than is necessary |
| 34% | OPRAH | 5 | Who said "I'm black. I don't feel burdened by it .... It's part of who I am. It does not define me" |
| 34% | ENO | 3 | Brian who said ambient music "must be as ignorable as it is interesting" |
| 34% | TEDLASSO | 8 | TV coach who said, “I think I literally have a better understanding of who killed Kennedy than I do what is offside” |
| 34% | ICEL | 4 | More than 70% of its exports are fish: Abbr. |
| 33% | DUET | 4 | It's more than one can do |
| 33% | MAIL | 4 | It may be more than four letters |