Noun
rhyme or reason (uncountable)
(idiomatic, chiefly in the negative) Logic; common sense.
Prices vary considerably from one town to another with no apparent rhyme or reason.
He would often fly into an unexpected rage without rhyme or reason.
You can decide what you want to eat for dinner, you can decide to go away for the weekend, and you can decide what clothes you're going to wear in the morning, but when it comes to artistic things, there's never a rhyme or reason. It's, like, they just happen. And they happen when they happen. Meat Loaf
God has no rhyme or reason to who he gives a sense of humor to. Jerry Seinfeld
You know, the music business is like the Lotto. Just put your numbers down and sometimes they hit, and sometimes they don't. There's just no rhyme or reason. Barry McGuire
It's useless to try and make rhyme or reason of it, because one guy thinks one thing and the other guy sees a whole other thing. So I try not to take them too seriously. Lately I have them screened so I only read the positive ones. David Zucker
If you play jazz, then you play with your fingers. If you're playing rock, you use a pick. There's really no rhyme or reason to that other than that's just the way it has been. Kevin Eubanks
Jesus, if I know one thing about the industry, it's that it's a moment. A flash in the pan. That's what's lovely about it. But it's hard, because one moment you're the hot thing, and the next moment - you're not. And there's no rhyme or reason for it. Keira Knightley