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

It is irrational to expect large error-free spreadsheets.

Spreadsheets are commonly used and commonly flawed.

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

Spreadsheets are easy to use and very hard to check.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Programmers exhibit unwarranted confidence in the correctness of their spreadsheets.

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

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

Spreadsheets are notoriously error-prone.

Errors in spreadsheets are as ubiquitous as spreadsheets themselves.

The results given by spreadsheets are often just wrong.

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

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

Most large spreadsheets have dozens or even hundreds of errors.

Your spreadsheets may be disasters in the making.

Spreadsheet errors have resulted in huge financial losses.

Untested spreadsheets are riddled with errors.

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

Spreadsheets are extraordinarily and unacceptably prone to error.

Spreadsheets are more fault-prone than other software.

Spreadsheets are dangerous to their authors and others.

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

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

Spreadsheets have a notoriously high number of faults.

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

Spreadsheets are alarmingly error-prone to write.

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.

Spreadsheet errors are pervasive, stubborn, ubiquitous and complex.

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

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

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

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

Spreadsheets contain errors at an alarmingly high rate.

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

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.

Spreadsheet errors are still the rule rather than the exception.

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

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

Never assume a spreadsheet is right, even your own.

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

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

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