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

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

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

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

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

Spreadsheets are dangerous to their authors and others.

Spreadsheet errors are pervasive, stubborn, ubiquitous and complex.

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

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

It is irrational to expect large error-free spreadsheets.

Your spreadsheets may be disasters in the making.

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

Spreadsheets are more fault-prone than other software.

Untested spreadsheets are riddled with errors.

Spreadsheets are alarmingly error-prone to write.

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

Spreadsheets are notoriously error-prone.

Never assume a spreadsheet is right, even your own.

Spreadsheet errors are still the rule rather than the exception.

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

Programmers exhibit unwarranted confidence in the correctness of their spreadsheets.

A significant proportion of spreadsheets have severe quality problems.

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

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

Spreadsheets are easy to use and very hard to check.

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

Most large spreadsheets have dozens or even hundreds of errors.

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

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

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

Errors in spreadsheets are as ubiquitous as spreadsheets themselves.

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

Spreadsheets have a notoriously high number of faults.

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

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

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

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

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

Spreadsheets are commonly used and commonly flawed.

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

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

Spreadsheets are extraordinarily and unacceptably prone to error.

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

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

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

Spreadsheets contain errors at an alarmingly high rate.

Spreadsheet errors have resulted in huge financial losses.

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

The results given by spreadsheets are often just wrong.

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