Spreadsheet errors have resulted in huge financial losses.

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

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

Spreadsheets are notoriously error-prone.

Errors in spreadsheets are as ubiquitous as spreadsheets themselves.

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

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

Programmers exhibit unwarranted confidence in the correctness of their spreadsheets.

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

It is irrational to expect large error-free spreadsheets.

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

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

Spreadsheets have a notoriously high number of faults.

Never assume a spreadsheet is right, even your own.

Spreadsheets are alarmingly error-prone to write.

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

A significant proportion of spreadsheets have severe quality problems.

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

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

Spreadsheets are commonly used and commonly flawed.

Spreadsheets are more fault-prone than other software.

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

Most large spreadsheets have dozens or even hundreds of errors.

Spreadsheet errors are still the rule rather than the exception.

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.

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

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

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

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

Spreadsheets are easy to use and very hard to check.

Spreadsheets contain errors at an alarmingly high rate.

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

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

Spreadsheets are dangerous to their authors and others.

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

The results given by spreadsheets are often just wrong.

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

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

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

Your spreadsheets may be disasters in the making.

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

Spreadsheets are extraordinarily and unacceptably prone to error.

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.

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

Untested spreadsheets are riddled with errors.

Spreadsheet errors are pervasive, stubborn, ubiquitous and complex.

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

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