If merely 'feeling good' could decide, drunkenness would be the supremely valid human experience. Votes: 4
William JamesDrunkenness had this to be said for it, it stopped the flow of inspirations. Votes: 3
Terry PratchettDrunkenness, the ruin of reason, the destruction of strength, premature old age, momentary death. Votes: 3
Saint BasilUnrecognized alcoholism is the ruling pathology among writers and intellectuals. Votes: 2
Diana TrillingIf the headache would only precede the intoxication, alcoholism would be a virtue. Votes: 2
Samuel ButlerNo animal ever invented anything as bad as drunkenness - or so good as drink. Votes: 2
Gilbert K. ChestertonOf all ebriosity, who does not prefer to be intoxicated by the air he breathes? Votes: 2
Henry David ThoreauThe axe of intemperance has lopped off his green boughs and left him a withered trunk. Votes: 2
Jonathan SwiftDrunken with what? With wine, with poetry, or with virtue, as you will. But be drunken. Votes: 2
Eugene O'NeillThe drunkard forfeits man and doth divest All wordly right, save what he hath by beast. Votes: 2
George HerbertNo, Lord Maccon was riproaring, tumble down, without a doubt, pickled beyond the gherkin. Votes: 1
Gail CarrigerThe main reception foyer was almost empty but Ford nevertheless weaved his way through it. Votes: 1
Douglas AdamsI am tough for a reason and it is to fucking destroy the music. I dance hard. Votes: 1
Hannah MoskowitzIt's good for a man to get drunk once in a while. It releases all the evil spirits. Votes: 1
James ClavellHe said he loved more than any other women he's ever loved and I had a black eye to prove it. Votes: 1
Crystal WoodsAlcohol, taken in sufficient quantities, may produce all the effects of drunkenness. Votes: 0
Oscar WildeI would fain keep sober always; and there are infinite degrees of drunkenness. Votes: 0
Henry David ThoreauThere is no drunkenness equal to that of remembering whispered words in the night. Votes: 0
Thornton WilderNor is drunkenness censured for anything so much as its intemperate and endless talk. Votes: 0
PlutarchExcitement is the drunkenness of the spirits. Only calm waters reflect heaven in their bosom. Votes: 0
Margaret of ValoisOn tobacco: A branch of the sin of drunkenness, which is the root of all sins. Votes: 0
King James IThe man had arrived at that stage of drunkenness where affection is felt for the universe. Votes: 0
Stephen CraneThe secret of drunkenness is, that it insulates us in thought, whilst it unites us in feeling. Votes: 0
Ralph Waldo EmersonSome people are commended for a giddy kind of good-humor, which is as much a virtue as drunkenness. Votes: 0
Alexander Pope