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

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

Spreadsheets are commonly used and commonly flawed.

Most large spreadsheets have dozens or even hundreds of errors.

Spreadsheets are easy to use and very hard to check.

Spreadsheets are extraordinarily and unacceptably prone to error.

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

Spreadsheet errors have resulted in huge financial losses.

The results given by spreadsheets are often just wrong.

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

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

Programmers exhibit unwarranted confidence in the correctness of their spreadsheets.

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

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

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

It is irrational to expect large error-free spreadsheets.

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

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

Spreadsheet errors are still the rule rather than the exception.

Never assume a spreadsheet is right, even your own.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Spreadsheets have a notoriously high number of faults.

Errors in spreadsheets are as ubiquitous as spreadsheets themselves.

Spreadsheets are more fault-prone than other software.

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

Spreadsheets contain errors at an alarmingly high rate.

Untested spreadsheets are riddled with errors.

Most executives do not really check or verify the accuracy or validity of [their] 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... pose a greater threat to your business than almost anything you can imagine.

Your spreadsheets may be disasters in the making.

Spreadsheets are alarmingly error-prone to write.

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

A significant proportion of spreadsheets have severe quality problems.

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

Spreadsheet errors are pervasive, stubborn, ubiquitous and complex.

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

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

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

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

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

Spreadsheets are dangerous to their authors and others.

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

Spreadsheets are notoriously error-prone.