Spreadsheet errors are pervasive, stubborn, ubiquitous and complex.

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

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

The results given by spreadsheets are often just wrong.

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

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

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

Your spreadsheets may be disasters in the making.

Spreadsheet errors are still the rule rather than the exception.

Spreadsheets are notoriously error-prone.

A significant proportion of spreadsheets have severe quality problems.

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

Spreadsheets contain errors at an alarmingly high rate.

Spreadsheet errors have resulted in huge financial losses.

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

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

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

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

Spreadsheets are extraordinarily and unacceptably prone to error.

Spreadsheets have a notoriously high number of faults.

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

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

Spreadsheets are more fault-prone than other software.

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

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

Spreadsheets are commonly used and commonly flawed.

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

Spreadsheets are alarmingly error-prone to write.

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

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

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

Most large spreadsheets have dozens or even hundreds of errors.

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

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

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

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

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

Spreadsheets are dangerous to their authors and others.

Never assume a spreadsheet is right, even your own.

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

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

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.

Untested spreadsheets are riddled with errors.

Programmers exhibit unwarranted confidence in the correctness of their spreadsheets.

Errors in spreadsheets are as ubiquitous as spreadsheets themselves.

Spreadsheets are easy to use and very hard to check.

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

It is irrational to expect large error-free spreadsheets.

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