Hell hath no fury like a woman scorn6/11/2023 ![]() Nice guys – finish last." Elision of the relative pronoun ("who") in the final sentence turned an evaluation into a declaration that nice people are doomed to failure. As reported in the biography, Nice Guys Finish Last, (by Leo Durocher, with Ed Linn, Simon & Schuster, 1975), Durocher's remark was his reply to being asked his opinion of the 1946 New York Giants."Nice guys finish last." Leo Durocher (1906–1991), US baseball manager.Peter Sellers said this whilst doing an impression of Michael Caine and Caine has become associated with the quote despite not having said it in the first place."Not a lot of people know that.", Michael Caine, British actor. ![]() And if I weren't a sober person's idea of a booze-addled person, I might be more useful in remembering whether this is true or not. Burchill remarked that "My husband claims that it was I who coined the line about Stephen Fry that he is "a stupid person's idea of a clever person".
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