Citations:give a damn

English citations of give a damn

• 1939 December 15, Sidney Howard, Gone with the Wind, spoken by Rhett Butler (Clark Gable), Selznick International Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer:

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

• 1970, “Cherrystones”, in Outlaw, performed by Eugene McDaniels:

  Long as I have my clams I don't give a damn about revolution

• 1980, Gerald Ford, “Boyhood—and Beyond”, in A Time to Heal‎^[1], New York: Berkley Books, →ISBN, page 47:

  My stepfather loved me as much as he loved his own three sons. I knew how much he wanted to help me and how lacking in financial resources he was. Nothing could erase the image I gained of my real father that day: a carefree, well-to-do man who didn't really give a damn about the hopes and dreams of his firstborn son.

• 1991 May 7, Travis Tritt (lyrics and music), “Here's a Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares)”, in It's All About to Change, performed by Travis Tritt:

  Call someone who'll listen and might give a damn
  Maybe one of your sordid affairs
  But don't you come 'round here handin' me none of your lies
  Here's a quarter, call someone who cares

• 1994 November 15, “Ode to My Family”, in Dolores O'Riordan (lyrics), Dolores O'Riordan and Noel Hogan (music), No Need to Argue, performed by Dolores O'Riordan:

  Unhappiness where's when I was young / And we didn't give a damn