Quotes About Cue

The gods are just. No doubt. But their code of law is dictated, in the last resort, by the people who organize society; Providence takes its cue from men.

Providence takes its cue from men

Charles Duhigg, in The Power of Habit, offers the golden rule of habit change—that the best way to deal with a habit is to respect the habit loop: "To change a habit, you must keep the old cue, and deliver the old reward, but insert a new routine.

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If you're not sure when to run, it's a sure bet that when I show up, that's your sign.

Different people have different styles, but there is an opportunity as a director to be a writer in every moment, with every visual cue and every piece of production design. Everything is a decision, and everything can be obsessed over.

No behavior happens without a prompt.

Every habit is made of three parts... a cue, a routine and a habit. Most people focus on the routine and behavior, but these cues and rewards are really the way you make something into a habit.

In all the years I've been playing, I've never considered changing my cue. It was the first cue I ever bought, aged 13, picked from a cabinet in a Dunfermline snooker centre just because I liked the Rex Williams signature on it. I saved £40 to buy it. It's a cheap bit of wood, and it's been the butt of other players' jokes for ages.

Like many human beings, he took the least sign of conversation as his cue to make noise.

Never look encouragingly at the brass, except with a short glance to give an important cue.

The tip I would give is that once you play the shot, make sure your chin is touching the cue after you hit the cue ball.

A long break can cause long-term damage to a player's technique. It can be dangerous for a snooker player to go 2-3 months without even touching a cue.

The sun sank with a sob and darkness waded in from all horizons so that the sky contracted and there was no more light left in the world, when, at this very moment of annihilation, the moon, as though she had been waiting for her cue, sailed up the night.

Music makes or breaks an atmosphere. It helps to create the mood and also is a very important aural cue; simply shut off the music when you want people to leave.

The situation has provided a cue; this cue has given the expert access to information stored in memory, and the information provides the answer. Intuition is nothing more and nothing less than recognition.

Every habit has a trigger. This is a thought, cue or action that makes you want to do the bad habit. Your job is to identify any trigger that pops up. Use your journal to track triggers by writing them as they occur. Include the following important information: Where are you?  Who is with you?  What are you doing? What thoughts are in your head?

Every memory has a trigger. —Mentat observation

Sorry, ladies. I guess that's our cue. We like to storm into town, inflict maximum damage, and then disappear...like a KISS concert.

I resent being cued. It makes me not want to know.

When I was 13, my parents bought me a mini snooker set for my birthday. From the moment I first held a cue in my hands, I was transfixed.

It is not only the canary in the coal mine—it is also a crucial part of the mine.

As if on cue, Haymitch falls off the stage, and they groan comically.

To apply spin with security, you must learn to make a snug bridge with your forefinger looped over the cue. When you hit the cueball, follow straight through; don't let your cue rise in the air after impact.