Spreadsheet errors are pervasive, stubborn, ubiquitous and complex.

Spreadsheet errors have resulted in huge financial losses.

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

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

Spreadsheets are easy to use and very hard to check.

Spreadsheets contain errors at an alarmingly high rate.

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

Most large spreadsheets have dozens or even hundreds of errors.

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

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

Your spreadsheets may be disasters in the making.

Spreadsheets are notoriously error-prone.

Errors in spreadsheets are as ubiquitous as spreadsheets themselves.

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

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

Spreadsheets are more fault-prone than other software.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Spreadsheets are extraordinarily and unacceptably prone to error.

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

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

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

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

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

The results given by spreadsheets are often just wrong.

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

Untested spreadsheets are riddled with errors.

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

Spreadsheets are commonly used and commonly flawed.

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

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

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

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

Spreadsheet errors are still the rule rather than the exception.

Spreadsheets are dangerous to their authors and others.

Programmers exhibit unwarranted confidence in the correctness of their spreadsheets.

A significant proportion of spreadsheets have severe quality problems.

Spreadsheets are alarmingly error-prone to write.

Never assume a spreadsheet is right, even your own.

Spreadsheets have a notoriously high number of faults.

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

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

It is irrational to expect large error-free spreadsheets.

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

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

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