Top 5 Quotes & Sayings by Maxine Cheshire

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American author Maxine Cheshire.
Last updated on November 22, 2024.
Maxine Cheshire

Maxine Cheshire was an American newspaper reporter. She was best known for her work at The Washington Post between 1965 and 1981.

[On social climbing:] Everything that goes up must come down. — © Maxine Cheshire
[On social climbing:] Everything that goes up must come down.
Life in a small town is like an intricately plotted novel, and even though I had read every book in the public library by the time I was fourteen, I found the real people around me saying and doing far more interesting things than did the imaginary book characters.
In Harlan, Kentucky, we told stories the way some people play music. ... In the mountains, storytelling is truly an art form, and as much recreation as communication.
[To the editor of the Harlan, Kentucky, Daily Enterprise, as a kindergartener:] I know everything that goes on in this town, and if you give me a job so will you.
The only way to keep a secret in Washington, if you are the one person who knows it, is never to tell another living soul.
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