| SAGAN | Scientist who said "Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark" |
| EWEN | Bremner of "Our Flag Means Death" |
| FLATEARTHER | One who believes our planet is a disc |
| DEARTH | Beginning to defend our planet is not enough (6) |
| SENECA | Roman philosopher who said "Life is never incomplete if it is an honorable one. At whatever point you leave life, if you leave it in the right way, it is whole" |
| EBERT | Critic who said "Art is the closest we can come to understanding how a stranger really feels" |
| AMOS | Prophet who said "But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream" |
| SUNTZU | Who said "The greatest victory is that which requires no battle" |
| RBG | SCOTUS justice who said "Women belong in all places where decisions are being made" |
| MRED | TV character who said "Time to hit the hay ... oh, I forgot, I ate it!" |
| EINSTEIN | Who said "The greatest scientists are artists as well" |
| HOMER | TV character who said "I am so smart! I am so smart! S-M-R-T!" |
| MAE | West who said "I used to be Snow White, but I drifted" |
| MAEWEST | Early film star who once said, "I believe in censorship. I made a fortune out of it." |
| CATO | Roman who said "After I'm dead I'd rather people ask why I have no monument than why I have one" |
| CARLSAGAN | Scientist who said "The cosmos is also within us. We're made of star-stuff" |
| WELK | Bandleader who said, "And-a one, and-a two..." |
| ALANARKIN | Actor who had a 38-year gap between Oscar nominations for 1968's The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter and 2006's Little Miss Sunshine: 2 wds. |
| ENRON | In early 2001, one of its executives notoriously said "From an accounting standpoint, this will be our easiest year ever" |
| ARKIN | Alan, Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar nominee for The Heart is a Lonely Hunter (5) |