Asked why, he replied primly: `` Because that's no activity for a gentleman ''.

Asked by Adler why he had chosen to react this way, he said, " I'm a chicken-What do I know from a bomb?

Asked to explain why he was unpopular, Johnson responded, " I am a dominating personality, and when I get things done I don't always please all the people.

Asked years later why Groves chose him, Oppenheimer replied that the general " had a fatal weakness for good men.

Asked why he didn't do it, Burns replied, " Incredibly enough, no one ever thought of it.

Asked why she had stopped writing fiction at the age of 84, she replied: " If you haven't got anything to say, don't say it.

Asked at his first appearance as chancellor at the Treasury Select Committee whether he agreed with his predecessor's view on the depth and duration of the recession and not wishing to contradict Major, Lamont replied that " there are reasons why one could believe that it will be relatively short-lived and relatively shallow.

Asked why they had joined the rebel cause, one of them replied: " Don't know.

Asked why her parents might have called her so, Willcox said in a 1981 interview: " I don't know, they won't tell me, but it's definitely my birth name.

" Asked why he did not pay them if they were so valuable, he said he could not afford to.

Asked why he did not leave Jerusalem for Tel Aviv, he later said, “ Tel Aviv was not radical enough – only the kibbutz was radical enough .” However by his own account he was “ a disaster as a laborer ... the joke of the kibbutz .” When Oz first began to write, the kibbutz gave him one day a week to write ; when his book “ My Michael ” became a best-seller, and he had become “ a branch of the farm ”, three days ; and in the eighties he had four days for writing, while teaching for two days and taking turns as a waiter in the kibbutz dining hall on Saturdays .”

Asked in an interview with Mark Hertsgaard why he had recalled Bonner from El Salvador in the first place, A. M. Rosenthal, then-Executive Editor of the New York Times, explained: " The general impression among me and some others was that Bonner was first-rate, but we were really screwing this guy, because he wasn't getting what you really need to be a reporter.

Asked why the ' good night ' bit during noon, Mrs. Ling replied, " It has always been our practice, despite the time of the day or night to say good night whenever we wanted to retire for the night or for a siesta.

Asked about why she broke away from the party's influence, she described the following incident.

Asked why some of her rings did not shed light, Mary reportedly replied " Those are the graces for which people forget to ask.

Asked why he'd changed their name, the announcer said they were too young to have been pioneers, but that they could be sons of pioneers.

Asked why in 1974, he said:

Asked why he never sought the presidency, Rayburn said that he was " born in the wrong place at the wrong time " to undertake a national campaign.

Asked why the series never confirmed a relationship between Carter and O ' Neill, producer Joseph Mallozzi stated in his blog,

One can believe in segregation and believe in equality of the races …" Asked why he called for Lott to step down as Senate Minority Leader, Connerly said:

Asked why he didn't establish a democracy in the Lacedæmon, Lycurgus responded: “ Begin, friend, and set it up in your family ”.

Asked why he had accepted a dinner invitation from a man likely to try to kill him, Allison replied, " Because I didn't want to send a man to hell on an empty stomach ".

Asked why he stopped fighting even when he did not receive a full pardon, Zubeidi answered " because of the conflict between Fatah and Hamas.

Asked by The Daily Telegraph in 2012 why he finds his practise of transcendental meditation useful, Burgess replied: “ At the minimum it de-stresses you.

Asked about the latest letter, Stringbean would take it out, saying he carried it right to " his heart ".

Asked about this afterwards, the scholar observed: " I don't know about you, Gentlemen, but in Oxford I at least am known by my face.

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Asked about the liberal, non-democratic rule by a Chilean interviewer, Hayek is translated from German to Spanish to English as having said, " As long term institutions, I am totally against dictatorships.

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" Asked about the " bottom portion ," he guessed it was cinched with a drawstring.

Asked about her opinion of the FARC-EP as group, Rojas called it " a criminal organization ", condemning its kidnappings as " a total violation of human dignity " and saying some captive police and soldiers are constantly chained.

Asked about his favorite scenes, Burton answered that he especially liked holodeck adventures: " The Holmes and Watson episodes for Data and Geordi, the Robin Hood episode, you know, those were a lot of fun for us.

Asked about the ramifications of his discoveries, Hertz replied, " Nothing, I guess.

Asked about her acting ambitions she replied, " I don't fool myself.

Asked about Palme, former United States Secretary of State Henry Kissinger once answered that he usually disliked the people he agreed with and liked the people he disagreed with, adding dryly: " So Palme, I liked-a lot ".

Asked to respond to his brother's death, Jack said, " I didn't give a shit about Harry.

Asked in the House of Commons about the completion of the coding exercise, the Minister of State for Posts and Telecommunications ( whose role superseded that of Postmaster General in 1969 ), Sir John Eden, stated that it was expected to be completed during 1972.

( Asked about it on the interview program Fresh Air, he referred to the person who did the recording as a " snake we later fired.

Asked about the unfavourable comments by other aristocrats when he turned the family home into a safari park, the 13th Duke said, " I do not relish the scorn of the peerage, but it is better to be looked down on than overlooked.

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Asked whether Firehose was planning to make a new album, Mike Watt replied, " When Edward was asking me about doing new gigs, he also said he wanted to write ... he has a band called Food, and said he's been writing songs.

Asked if there was serious cause for concern about his health she said: " No, right now there is no cause whatsoever.

Asked to pray for the soldiers about to shoot him, he said: " I will say a prayer for all men who do their duty according to their lights.

With accompaniment by experimental rock guitarist Gary Lucas, Buckley performed " I Never Asked To Be Your Mountain ", a song Tim Buckley wrote about an infant Jeff Buckley and his mother.

Asked about the incident by Time soon afterward, Young stated, " It is very difficult to do the things that I think are in the interest of the country and maintain the standards of protocol and diplomacy ...

Asked about his having said " Jihad is our path.

Asked in February 2012 about the movie and its director, Cerović said: