Vol. 06 · Misquoted ·Film ·86 of 348
"Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn."
They never said that.
What people say
"Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn."
What was actually said
"Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn." Rhett Butler — Gone With the Wind (1939)
Why it stuck
Correct as written. Listed because the book version (Margaret Mitchell, 1936) is "My dear, I don't give a damn." The film added "Frankly," which became canonical.
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