The Legend of Bagger Vance: Lucian Childs

In the movie, The Legend of Bagger Vance, golfer Rannulph Junuh, the character played by Matt Damon, drinks to forget what he experienced in World War I. Young Hardy Greaves asks him a question, and Junuh replies:

"Now, the question on the table is: how drunk is drunk enough? And the answer is that it's all a matter of brain cells. ... You see, every drink of liquor you take kills a thousand brain cells. But that doesn't much matter 'cause we got billions more. First the sadness cells die so you smile real big. And then the quiet cells go so you just say everything real loud for no reason at all. That's okay, that's okay, because the stupid cells go next, so everything you say is real smart. And finally, come the memory cells. These are tough sons of bitches to kill."