Grand High Witch quotes from The Witches (1990)

We can't possibly wipe out all of them.

Who spoke? Who dares to argue with me. [she notices Dora, points to her] It was you!

I didn't mean to argue, your grandness.

You dare to argue with me!

No, honestly, it just was a...

A stupid witch who answers back, must burn till her bones are black!

No, no!

A foolish witch without a brain, must sizzle into fire and flame! A witch who dares to say I'm wrong, will not be with us... very long! [she zaps the witch with her eyes]

I'm not finished with you yet, old woman... Next time...

Helga Eveshim

No. Not next time. This time, it's your turn!

Poisoned sweets? We'll wipe them out like weasels!

Who spoke?

Miss Irvine

She did!

It's brilliant!

Poisoned? And you don't mind getting caught, exposed, vilified?

Well, I just thought...

Mindless bumpkin! You blithering bogvumper! [Henrietta winces in fear] No wonder that England is swarming with...

Everything you sell that day will have to be treated with my very latest and very greatest magic formula.

Witches work only with magic!

Formula 86: My greatest triumph. A work of... genius. Formula 86! In this bottle, 500 doses, with a delay mechanism that prevents it from working until two hours after it has been taken. [laughs]

What does it do... Genius One?

One dose, and the time works to the second. But more than five doses breaks the delay barrier, and the formula works instantly. Child... starts to shrink. The child... starts to... grow fur. Starts... growing a tail! All this happens in precisely twenty-five seconds! Shrinking more... child is no longer a child.[chuckles] Child... is a MOUSE!

Witches of England... You are a disgrace! Miserable witches... You are good-for-nothing worms! Everywhere I look, I see the repulsive sight of hundreds, thousands of revolting little children... I ask you! [points] Why? One child a week is no good to me!

Woman in Black

We will do better! We will do much better!

Better is no good either! I demand maximum results!

Now, this is my plan: Each of you will go back to your homes... and resign from your jobs. Give notice. Retire. You will then buy with the money I give you...

Sweet shops. Candy stores. The best and most respectable sweet shops in England. [throws the money, the ladies are picking up the money] Upstairs: I have a trunkload of this English money... So, you'll be able to offer three, maybe four times what these shops are worth. Go, go, go.