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

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

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

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

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

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

Errors in spreadsheets are as ubiquitous as spreadsheets themselves.

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

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

Spreadsheet errors are still the rule rather than the exception.

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

Programmers exhibit unwarranted confidence in the correctness of their spreadsheets.

Spreadsheets have a notoriously high number of faults.

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

Spreadsheets are more fault-prone than other software.

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

Spreadsheets contain errors at an alarmingly high rate.

Untested spreadsheets are riddled with errors.

Your spreadsheets may be disasters in the making.

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

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

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.

Spreadsheet errors are pervasive, stubborn, ubiquitous and complex.

A significant proportion of spreadsheets have severe quality problems.

Most large spreadsheets have dozens or even hundreds of errors.

Spreadsheets are notoriously error-prone.

Spreadsheets are dangerous to their authors and others.

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

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

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

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

Spreadsheets are alarmingly error-prone to write.

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

Spreadsheets are commonly used and commonly flawed.

The results given by spreadsheets are often just wrong.

Spreadsheet errors have resulted in huge financial losses.

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

Spreadsheets are easy to use and very hard to check.

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

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

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

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

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

Spreadsheets are extraordinarily and unacceptably prone to error.

It is irrational to expect large error-free spreadsheets.

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

Never assume a spreadsheet is right, even your own.

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.