A lot of decisions are being made on the basis of some bad numbers.

Spreadsheet errors are still the rule rather than the exception.

Spreadsheets... pose a greater threat to your business than almost anything you can imagine.

The quality and reliability of spreadsheets is known to be poor.

People tend to believe their spreadsheets are more accurate than they really are.

Spreadsheets are dangerous to their authors and others.

Programmers exhibit unwarranted confidence in the correctness of their spreadsheets.

Every study, without exception, has found error rates much higher than organizations would wish to tolerate.

Despite overwhelming and unanimous evidence... companies have continued to ignore spreadsheet error risks.

Spreadsheet errors have resulted in huge financial losses.

Errors in spreadsheets are as ubiquitous as spreadsheets themselves.

Most executives do not really check or verify the accuracy or validity of [their] spreadsheets...

Spreadsheets contain errors at an alarmingly high rate.

Overconfidence is one of the most substantial causes of spreadsheet errors.

The untested spreadsheet is as dangerous and untrustworthy as an untested program.

Developing an error-free spreadsheet has been a problem since the beginning of end-user computing.

The results given by spreadsheets are often just wrong.

1% of all formulas in operational spreadsheets are in error.

Research on spreadsheet errors is substantial, compelling, and unanimous.

Even obvious, elementary errors in very simple, clearly documented spreadsheets are... difficult to find.

Spreadsheets are extraordinarily and unacceptably prone to error.

Spreadsheet errors are pervasive, stubborn, ubiquitous and complex.

Studies have shown that there is a high incidence of errors in spreadsheets.

Spreadsheets are often hard, if not impossible, to understand.

Every study that has looked for errors has found them... in considerable abundance.

It is now widely accepted that errors in spreadsheets are both common and potentially dangerous.

Spreadsheet shortcomings can significantly hamper an organization's business operation.

Spreadsheets are commonly used and commonly flawed.

The software that end users are creating... is riddled with errors.

Errors in spreadsheets... result in incorrect decisions being made and significant losses incurred.

Spreadsheets are more fault-prone than other software.

Spreadsheets are easy to use and very hard to check.

Untested spreadsheets are riddled with errors.

A significant proportion of spreadsheets have severe quality problems.

Spreadsheets are notoriously error-prone.

It is irrational to expect large error-free spreadsheets.

Never assume a spreadsheet is right, even your own.

Spreadsheets are alarmingly error-prone to write.

Spreadsheets can be viewed as a highly flexible programming environment for end users.

94% of the 88 spreadsheets audited in 7 studies have contained errors.

...few incidents of spreadsheet errors are made public and these are usually not revealed by choice.

Spreadsheet development must embrace extensive testing in order to be taken seriously as a profession.

Your spreadsheets may be disasters in the making.

Spreadsheets have a notoriously high number of faults.

60% of large companies feel 'Spreadsheet Hell' describes their reliance on spreadsheets.

The issue is not whether there is an error but how many errors there are and how serious they are.

Spreadsheets are the most popular live programming environments, but they are also notoriously fault-prone.

Most large spreadsheets have dozens or even hundreds of errors.

Despite being staggeringly error prone, spreadsheets are a highly flexible programming environment.

Spreadsheet errors... a great, often unrecognised, risk to corporate decision making & financial integrity.