Most large spreadsheets have dozens or even hundreds of errors.

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

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

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

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

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

Spreadsheet errors are still the rule rather than the exception.

Untested spreadsheets are riddled with errors.

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

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

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

The results given by spreadsheets are often just wrong.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Programmers exhibit unwarranted confidence in the correctness of their spreadsheets.

Never assume a spreadsheet is right, even your own.

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

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

It is irrational to expect large error-free spreadsheets.

Spreadsheets are extraordinarily and unacceptably prone to error.

Spreadsheets are more fault-prone than other software.

Errors in spreadsheets are as ubiquitous as spreadsheets themselves.

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

Spreadsheet errors are pervasive, stubborn, ubiquitous and complex.

Spreadsheets are notoriously error-prone.

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

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

A significant proportion of spreadsheets have severe quality problems.

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

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

Spreadsheets are commonly used and commonly flawed.

Your spreadsheets may be disasters in the making.

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

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

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

Spreadsheets have a notoriously high number of faults.

Spreadsheets are easy to use and very hard to check.

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

Spreadsheets contain errors at an alarmingly high rate.

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

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

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

Spreadsheet errors have resulted in huge financial losses.

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

Spreadsheets are alarmingly error-prone to write.

Spreadsheets are dangerous to their authors and others.