Rhett Butler

"I'll think of it all tomorrow at Tara. I can stand it then. After all, tomorrow is another day!"

"Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn."

"You're a creature of passion and integrity, my dear, which is precisely why you'll never be happy."

"Life's under no obligation to give us what we expect."

"I find that when a woman says 'never,' she usually means 'not yet.'"

"The things that make life worth living are worth dying for."

"I've always believed that a woman's first duty is to herself."

"Scarlett, you're the only woman I know who can survive anything."

"I prefer to think that I'm romantically inclined."

"You're too proud, too stubborn, too—but that's what makes you magnificent."

"A man doesn't know what he wants until he loses it."

"I'll not be happy until I'm happy with myself."

"The world is to the strong, my dear."

"I've never met a woman who didn't bore me eventually."

"You should be kissed often and by someone who knows how."

"The South may be beaten, but not broken."

"I take what I want in this world and I don't apologize for it."

"Life is too short to waste on pretense."

"A man must have something to fight for beyond himself."

"You'd make a grand courtesan, but a poor wife."

"I admire your honesty, even if it's often brutal."

"Beauty fades, but character endures."

"I've learned that the world doesn't owe you anything."

"A gentleman should have the courage of his convictions."

"You're as selfish as I am, which is why we understand each other."

"The best things in life are taken, not given."

"I've never loved anyone the way I love you."

"You cannot live in the past and expect to have a future."

"I prefer a woman with spirit and passion."

"Success belongs to the bold and the determined."