A lot of stars and moons have aligned.

The moons were aligned and the stars were aligned, ... It was probably one of our best quarters in many, many years.

Rumors of our demise were obviously grossly exaggerated.

I would describe Stephen then pretty much as I would describe him now. He is a very serious person. He obviously enjoys his policy and his public policy musing. He's reserved, fairly quiet. There is no question of his smarts. He was often in a room full of persons and he was the smartest of them all.

People will have to choose whether they want to be on the inside or the outside.

We had polls ... showing us at zero and 1 (percent), and fighting for our very survival holding onto a handful of seats.