Spreadsheets contain errors at an alarmingly high rate.

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

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

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.

Spreadsheets are commonly used and commonly flawed.

Spreadsheets are easy to use and very hard to check.

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

Programmers exhibit unwarranted confidence in the correctness of their spreadsheets.

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

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.

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...

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

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

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

Spreadsheet errors have resulted in huge financial losses.

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

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

Spreadsheets are notoriously error-prone.

Never assume a spreadsheet is right, even your own.

Spreadsheets are alarmingly error-prone to write.

Spreadsheets are extraordinarily and unacceptably prone to error.

Errors in spreadsheets are as ubiquitous as spreadsheets themselves.

Spreadsheets are more fault-prone than other software.

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

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

Your spreadsheets may be disasters in the making.

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

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

Spreadsheet errors are still the rule rather than the exception.

Spreadsheet errors are pervasive, stubborn, ubiquitous and complex.

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

Most large spreadsheets have dozens or even hundreds of errors.

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

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

The results given by spreadsheets are often just wrong.

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

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

Spreadsheets have a notoriously high number of faults.

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

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

It is irrational to expect large error-free spreadsheets.

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

Spreadsheets are dangerous to their authors and others.

A significant proportion of spreadsheets have severe quality problems.

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

Untested spreadsheets are riddled with errors.

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