His sharp wit, gentle spirit and keen intellect will be missed.
The humor, however, is distinctive, somehow sharp and gentle at the same time, accessible but never tired or obvious.
He is a stocky, mild-seeming man with a rubbery face and body, which we were accustomed to seeing, in performance, go in seconds from Barry Fitzgerald to William F. Buckley, Jr., and on to Jerry Falwell, to Jesse Jackson, to Nadia Comaneci, and to God knows who or what else — always, in his inimitable way, simultaneously sharp and gentle.
He looked like the men I grew up with, my father, his cousins, sharp-suited, gentle men with a ready wit and a love of life, but his voice was something new.
An avid bridge player, always sharp and with gentle elegance.
Rhinehart can seem like a young missionary: he has sharp features, a gentle voice, and an upright, stiff gait.
The texture is midway between a brownie and a pudding, with the cheese lending a gentle, sharp flavour.
Beloved for his keen intelligence, sharp wit and gentle manner, he directed network sports and news programs in the 1950s before moving into daytime TV.
The couple enjoys walking together when going out to dinner, the reader is told, he with his arm around her waist, she with her hand tucked "somewhere inside" his coat.In setting the scene Paul skewers the modish restaurant by adopting a tone that is slightly too sharp to be gentle mocking.
The confluence of a staring man and a staring machine in Battery Park, a gust of wind that raises a little girl's hair like a cartoon version of fright, three solo actors performing an unwitting pas de trois on a Florida beach -- each demonstrates Mr. Mitchell's sharp eye and gentle wit.
