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

Errors in spreadsheets are as ubiquitous as spreadsheets themselves.

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

Most large spreadsheets have dozens or even hundreds of errors.

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

Spreadsheets are notoriously error-prone.

Spreadsheets are extraordinarily and unacceptably prone to error.

Spreadsheets are alarmingly error-prone to write.

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

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

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

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

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

Your spreadsheets may be disasters in the making.

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

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

It is irrational to expect large error-free spreadsheets.

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

Spreadsheets have a notoriously high number of faults.

Spreadsheets are dangerous to their authors and others.

Spreadsheet errors are pervasive, stubborn, ubiquitous and complex.

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

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

Spreadsheets are more fault-prone than other software.

Spreadsheet errors are still the rule rather than the exception.

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

Spreadsheets contain errors at an alarmingly high rate.

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

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

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

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

The results given by spreadsheets are often just wrong.

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

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

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

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

Never assume a spreadsheet is right, even your own.

Spreadsheets are easy to use and very hard to check.

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

Spreadsheets are commonly used and commonly flawed.

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

Programmers exhibit unwarranted confidence in the correctness of their spreadsheets.

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

A significant proportion of spreadsheets have severe quality problems.

Untested spreadsheets are riddled with errors.

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

Spreadsheet errors have resulted in huge financial losses.

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

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

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