I don't see how it could possibly be made into a movie unless the entire book was scrapped and Shirley Temple cast as 'Bonnie,' Mae West as 'Belle,' and Stepin Fetchit as 'Uncle Peter.'

Take my handkerchief, Scarlett. Never, at any crisis of your life, have I known you to have a handkerchief.

Scarlett O'Hara was not beautiful, but men seldom realized it when caught by her charm as the Tarleton twins were.

You're like the thief who isn't the least bit sorry he stole, but is terribly, terribly sorry he's going to jail. - Rhett Butler

Vanity was stronger than love at sixteen and there was no room in her hot heart now for anything but hate.

Dear Scarlett! You aren't helpless. Anyone as selfish and determined as you are is never helpless. God help the Yankees if they should get you." -Rhett Butler

Scarlett, always save something to fear—even as you save something to love.

Until you've lost your reputation, you never realize what a burden it was.

Every problem has two handles. You can grab it by the handle of fear or the handle of hope.

The usual masculine dissillusionment is discovering that a woman has a brain

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

Marriage is a mutual faithful friendship

The good critic is he who narrates the adventures of his soul among masterpieces.

Never try to catch two frogs with one hand.

If you have believed but not obeyed, you have postponed your Christian life.

Love your calling with passion, it is the meaning of your life.

It's your life story if you're a mathematician: every time you discover something neat, you discover that Gauss or Newton knew it in his crib.

When I was 12, I wrote a list of things to do before I died. Own a Picasso was one of those things.

When you stop a dictator, there are always risks. But there are greater risks in not stopping a dictator.

Hatred is not what Las Vegas is about. We will have zero tolerance for anyone who is intolerant.

Those who are fond of setting things to rights, have no great objection to seeing them wrong.