“What was the motive for the crime? It was not the business of the prosecution to suggest one.”

“The motive given for the so-called revival of the law cannot be accepted.”

“Was the photograph deliberately manipulated to mislead people? What was the motive for creating this photograph?”

“The premeditation before the killing, its viciousness, and its apparent motivelessness mark the serial killer as the personification of evil.”

“I was struck immediately by the motivelessness of publishing this picture.”

“Suddenly, its authorship comes into question, as do the motives of those left behind.”

“Their different reasons for forming these collections comprise a rainbow of motives as complex as a Navajo sand painting.”

“There may well be a few cases where teachers and others, from the best of motives, stray into absurdity.”