He also suggested that reports of his political demise were greatly exaggerated.
Counting frogs is a tricky business, he said, and reports of their demise could be completely wrong.
Today, happily, it's clear that such reports of Shakespeare's demise were vastly exaggerated.
As you can plainly see, the reports of our demise are highly exaggerated.
Others had thought Maia herself finished, only to find out reports of her demise were premature.
"The reports of our demise are premature," he said.
America's turnaround may look better than it is because reports of the nation's demise were exaggerated to begin with.
For indeed, the report of its demise has been greatly exaggerated.
"The reports of my demise are very premature," she said.
There have been many premature reports of our demise.