Mel had an iconoclastic turn of mind, an astonishing memory and delightful wit.
For me, Boudou is the character who holds the most interest, and his ability to remember everything is put to poignant use as he gradually begins to spend time with Royce, an old man losing his memories and his wits -- or are they the same?
Scientists have long suspected that Alzheimer's patients lose their memories and their wits when amyloid beta proteins form needlelike aggregates that punch holes in brain cells and kill them.
A woman of amazing intelligence, memory, personality, wit, and lovingness, she was educated at Hunter College and Columbia Unversity (MA).
My chief memory is of the articulacy and wit of a whole generation of actors, including Michael Pennington, Alex Jennings, Fiona Shaw, Juliet Stevenson, Harriet Walter and, of course, Russell Beale himself.
Memories of his charm, elegance, and wit will warm our lives for a longtime to come.
The enduring memory one takes away is Gessen's intelligence and wit as she's staring down the barrel of a gun.
His intelligence, creativity and wit will forever be in our memory.
"Roscoe was spiritually illegal, a bootlegger of the soul, a mythic creature made of words and wit and wild deeds and boundless memory.
On one visit, our efficient waiter with an excellent memory and a 1,000-watt 1,000-watthed witsmileh a table of matchedind us -- and brandished a pole-size pepper grinder to prove his point.
