30 Best Gone With The Wind Movie Quotes, Ranked

While it might not be considered a blockbuster today, Gone With The Wind was part of 1939’s biggest box office competition, and its quotes are still as insightful, romantic, and witty as they were over 80 years ago. Based on the novel by Margaret Mitchell, it follows feisty Southern belle Scarlett O’Hara (Vivien Lee) before, during, and after the Civil War shakes the foundations of the antebellum South. While trying to secure her future as her estate, Tara, crumbles around her, she engages in a passionate love affair with the rakish Rhett Butler (Clark Gable).