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

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

Spreadsheets are commonly used and commonly flawed.

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

Spreadsheet errors have resulted in huge financial losses.

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

Spreadsheets are extraordinarily and unacceptably prone to error.

Programmers exhibit unwarranted confidence in the correctness of their spreadsheets.

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

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

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

Spreadsheets are notoriously error-prone.

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

The results given by spreadsheets are often just wrong.

Spreadsheets are more fault-prone than other software.

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

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

Errors in spreadsheets are as ubiquitous as spreadsheets themselves.

Spreadsheet errors are still the rule rather than the exception.

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

Spreadsheet errors are pervasive, stubborn, ubiquitous and complex.

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

Spreadsheets contain errors at an alarmingly high rate.

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

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

Never assume a spreadsheet is right, even your own.

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

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

Spreadsheets are easy to use and very hard to check.

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

Spreadsheets have a notoriously high number of faults.

Spreadsheets are dangerous to their authors and others.

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

Spreadsheets are alarmingly error-prone to write.

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

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

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.

It is irrational to expect large error-free spreadsheets.

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

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

Untested spreadsheets are riddled with errors.

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

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

Your spreadsheets may be disasters in the making.

Most large spreadsheets have dozens or even hundreds of errors.

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

A significant proportion of spreadsheets have severe quality problems.

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

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