Spreadsheet errors have resulted in huge financial losses.

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

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

Spreadsheets are dangerous to their authors and others.

Spreadsheets are notoriously error-prone.

Spreadsheet errors are pervasive, stubborn, ubiquitous and complex.

Spreadsheets are commonly used and commonly flawed.

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

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

Your spreadsheets may be disasters in the making.

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

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

Errors in spreadsheets are as ubiquitous as spreadsheets themselves.

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

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

It is irrational to expect large error-free spreadsheets.

Spreadsheets are extraordinarily and unacceptably prone to error.

The results given by spreadsheets are often just wrong.

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

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

Programmers exhibit unwarranted confidence in the correctness of their spreadsheets.

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

Never assume a spreadsheet is right, even your own.

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

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

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

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

Spreadsheets are more fault-prone than other software.

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

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

Spreadsheets are alarmingly error-prone to write.

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

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

A significant proportion of spreadsheets have severe quality problems.

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.

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

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

Spreadsheets have a notoriously high number of faults.

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

Spreadsheet errors are still the rule rather than the exception.

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

Spreadsheets are easy to use and very hard to check.

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

Untested spreadsheets are riddled with errors.

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

Spreadsheets contain errors at an alarmingly high rate.

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

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...