You have blessed us with a gift, and I hope that you, at least in retrospect, think that we didn't just go and bury the gift.

NPR: Concession Speeches Not as Nasty as Campaigns

In retrospect, the clue that Measurement wasn't doing as well as its reported earnings had suggested was there for all to see.

FORBES: Mismeasurement

In retrospect, we know that the events weren't connected, but at the time, rumors ran rampant and anxiety rose higher.

CNN: That was the week from hell

In retrospect, that's so easy to see that they - loans shouldn't have been made, we shouldn't have seen this run-up, but now we're paying the price of that.

NPR: Housing Market Problems Lead to Job Cuts

He criticized witnesses for pleading guilty to crimes they didn't commit and accused prosecutors of trying to criminalize business decisions that only look bad in retrospect.

FORBES: Magazine Article

And if Woz, an HP employee, and Jobs, and HP admirer, didn't intentionally set out to reproduce the garage myth at Apple, they quickly did in retrospect.

FORBES: Great Garages