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

Spreadsheets are commonly used and commonly flawed.

Programmers exhibit unwarranted confidence in the correctness of their spreadsheets.

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

Spreadsheets contain errors at an alarmingly high rate.

Spreadsheet errors are still the rule rather than the exception.

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

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

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

Spreadsheets are notoriously error-prone.

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

Spreadsheet errors are pervasive, stubborn, ubiquitous and complex.

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

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

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

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.

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

Your spreadsheets may be disasters in the making.

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

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

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

The results given by spreadsheets are often just wrong.

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

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

Never assume a spreadsheet is right, even your own.

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

A significant proportion of spreadsheets have severe quality problems.

Spreadsheets have a notoriously high number of faults.

Spreadsheets are extraordinarily and unacceptably prone to error.

Spreadsheet errors have resulted in huge financial losses.

Spreadsheets are alarmingly error-prone to write.

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

It is irrational to expect large error-free spreadsheets.

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

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

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

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

Spreadsheets are easy to use and very hard to check.

Spreadsheets are dangerous to their authors and others.

Errors in spreadsheets are as ubiquitous as spreadsheets themselves.

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

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

Untested spreadsheets are riddled with errors.

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

Most large spreadsheets have dozens or even hundreds of errors.

Spreadsheets are more fault-prone than other software.

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

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

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