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

Spreadsheet errors have resulted in huge financial losses.

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

Spreadsheets are notoriously error-prone.

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

Spreadsheets are commonly used and commonly flawed.

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

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

Spreadsheets have a notoriously high number of faults.

Most large spreadsheets have dozens or even hundreds of errors.

Spreadsheets are alarmingly error-prone to write.

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

Programmers exhibit unwarranted confidence in the correctness of their spreadsheets.

Never assume a spreadsheet is right, even your own.

The results given by spreadsheets are often just wrong.

Spreadsheets are easy to use and very hard to check.

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

Your spreadsheets may be disasters in the making.

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

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

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

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

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

Spreadsheets are more fault-prone than other software.

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

Errors in spreadsheets are as ubiquitous as spreadsheets themselves.

Spreadsheets are extraordinarily and unacceptably prone to error.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Spreadsheet errors are still the rule rather than the exception.

It is irrational to expect large error-free spreadsheets.

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

Spreadsheet errors are pervasive, stubborn, ubiquitous and complex.

Untested spreadsheets are riddled with errors.

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

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

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

Spreadsheets are dangerous to their authors and others.

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

Spreadsheets contain errors at an alarmingly high rate.

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

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

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

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

A significant proportion of spreadsheets have severe quality problems.