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

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

Your spreadsheets may be disasters in the making.

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

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

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

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

Spreadsheets have a notoriously high number of faults.

A significant proportion of spreadsheets have severe quality problems.

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

Spreadsheets are notoriously error-prone.

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

Never assume a spreadsheet is right, even your own.

Spreadsheets are dangerous to their authors and others.

Spreadsheets are alarmingly error-prone to write.

Spreadsheets are more fault-prone than other software.

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

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

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

The results given by spreadsheets are often just wrong.

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

It is irrational to expect large error-free spreadsheets.

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

Spreadsheet errors have resulted in huge financial losses.

Spreadsheet errors are pervasive, stubborn, ubiquitous and complex.

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

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

Spreadsheets are easy to use and very hard to check.

Spreadsheet errors are still the rule rather than the exception.

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

Errors in spreadsheets are as ubiquitous as spreadsheets themselves.

Untested spreadsheets are riddled with errors.

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

Spreadsheets are extraordinarily and unacceptably prone to error.

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

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

Programmers exhibit unwarranted confidence in the correctness of their spreadsheets.

Spreadsheets are commonly used and commonly flawed.

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

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

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

Most large spreadsheets have dozens or even hundreds of errors.

Spreadsheets contain errors at an alarmingly high rate.

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

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 shortcomings can significantly hamper an organization's business operation.

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

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

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