Most large spreadsheets have dozens or even hundreds of errors.

Programmers exhibit unwarranted confidence in the correctness of their spreadsheets.

Spreadsheet errors are still the rule rather than the exception.

A significant proportion of spreadsheets have severe quality problems.

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.

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

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

Spreadsheets are alarmingly error-prone to write.

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

Spreadsheet errors are pervasive, stubborn, ubiquitous and complex.

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.

Spreadsheets have a notoriously high number of faults.

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

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.

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

Spreadsheets contain errors at an alarmingly high rate.

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

Never assume a spreadsheet is right, even your own.

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

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

Spreadsheets are commonly used and commonly flawed.

Spreadsheet errors have resulted in huge financial losses.

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

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

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

It is irrational to expect large error-free spreadsheets.

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

The results given by spreadsheets are often just wrong.

Spreadsheets are notoriously error-prone.

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

Untested spreadsheets are riddled with errors.

Your spreadsheets may be disasters in the making.

Spreadsheets are dangerous to their authors and others.

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

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

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

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

Spreadsheets are extraordinarily and unacceptably prone to error.

Spreadsheets are more fault-prone than other software.

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

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

Spreadsheets are easy to use and very hard to check.

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

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

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

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

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