London Special Constabulary

Famous quotes containing the words london, special and/or constabulary:

    “London Bridge is broken down,
    Dance o’er my lady lee,
    London Bridge is broken down,
    With a gay lady.
    How shall we build it up again?
    Dance o’er my lady lee,”
    —Unknown. London Bridge (l. 1–6)

    “Research shows clearly that parents who have modeled nurturant, reassuring responses to infants’ fears and distress by soothing words and stroking gentleness have toddlers who already can stroke a crying child’s hair. Toddlers whose special adults model kindliness will even pick up a cookie dropped from a peer’s high chair and return it to the crying peer rather than eat it themselves!”
    —Alice Sterling Honig (20th century)

    “When constabulary duty’s to be done,
    A policeman’s lot is not a happy one.”
    —Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)