Spreadsheet errors are still the rule rather than the exception.

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

The results given by spreadsheets are often just wrong.

A significant proportion of spreadsheets have severe quality problems.

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

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

Spreadsheets are more fault-prone than other software.

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

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

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

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

Spreadsheets are extraordinarily and unacceptably prone to error.

Spreadsheets are commonly used and commonly flawed.

It is irrational to expect large error-free spreadsheets.

Untested spreadsheets are riddled with errors.

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

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

Errors in spreadsheets are as ubiquitous as spreadsheets themselves.

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

Your spreadsheets may be disasters in the making.

Spreadsheets are dangerous to their authors and others.

Most large spreadsheets have dozens or even hundreds of errors.

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

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

Spreadsheet errors have resulted in huge financial losses.

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

Spreadsheets are easy to use and very hard to check.

Never assume a spreadsheet is right, even your own.

Spreadsheets are alarmingly error-prone to write.

Spreadsheets are notoriously error-prone.

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

Spreadsheet errors are pervasive, stubborn, ubiquitous and complex.

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

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

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.

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

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

Spreadsheets have a notoriously high number of faults.

Programmers exhibit unwarranted confidence in the correctness of their spreadsheets.

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

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

Spreadsheets contain errors at an alarmingly high rate.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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