Witchfinder Quotes & Sayings

She'd asked him what it was like to be in there, doing nothing but then being woken up to speak to somebody you couldn't see. He'd said that it was like being woken from a deep and satisfying sleep, to be asked questions while you kept your eyes closed. He was quite happy. Sight was over-rated anyway. — Iain M. Banks

I have never thought of legacy or what I want to achieve. — Maurice Levy

This world is run by people who know somebody. — Leah Raeder

My mum translated this in her head to "witchfinder," which was good because like most West Africans, she considered witchfinding a more respectable profession than policeman. — Ben Aaronovitch

Like all wage slaves, he had two crosses to bear: the people he worked for and the people he worked with — Stephen Vizinczey

Eighty percent of air pollution comes from plants and trees. — Ronald Reagan

Some call it schizophrenia, I call it a career — Ellen Greene

To love my neighbor is to assist the arising and unfolding in him of that which can harmonize the real elements of his nature. — Jacob Needleman

NOTE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AND AMERICANS: One shilling = Five Pee. It helps to understand the antique finances of the Witchfinder Army if you know the original British monetary system:

Two farthings = One Ha'penny. Two ha'pennies = One Penny. Three pennies = A Thrupenny Bit. Two Thrupences = A Sixpence. Two Sixpences = One Shilling, or Bob. Two Bob = A Florin. One Florin and One Sixpence = Half a Crown. Four Half Crowns = Ten Bob Note. Two Ten Bob Notes = One Pound (or 240 pennies). Once Pound and One Shilling = One Guinea.

The British resisted decimalized currency for a long time because they thought it was too complicated. — Neil Gaiman

Comets importing change of times and states,
Brandish your crystal tresses in the sky
And with them scourge the bad revolting stars. — William Shakespeare

I don't think immigration is what's happening in our country. I think an invasion is what is happening, particularly southern border. — Rush Limbaugh

Nothin' wrong with witchfinding. I'd like to be a witchfinder. It's just, well, you've got to take it in turns. Today we'll go out witchfinding, an' tomorrow we could hide, an' it'd be the witches' turn to find US. — Neil Gaiman