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

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

Your spreadsheets may be disasters in the making.

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

Spreadsheet errors are pervasive, stubborn, ubiquitous and complex.

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

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

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

Most large spreadsheets have dozens or even hundreds of errors.

Spreadsheets are easy to use and very hard to check.

Spreadsheets contain errors at an alarmingly high rate.

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

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

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

Spreadsheet errors have resulted in huge financial losses.

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

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

Spreadsheet errors are still the rule rather than the exception.

Spreadsheets are more fault-prone than other software.

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

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

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

The results given by spreadsheets are often just wrong.

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

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

Spreadsheets are dangerous to their authors and others.

Never assume a spreadsheet is right, even your own.

Spreadsheets have a notoriously high number of faults.

Spreadsheets are commonly used and commonly flawed.

It is irrational to expect large error-free spreadsheets.

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

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

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

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

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

Untested spreadsheets are riddled with errors.

A significant proportion of spreadsheets have severe quality problems.

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

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

Spreadsheets are alarmingly error-prone to write.

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

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

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.

Spreadsheets are extraordinarily and unacceptably prone to error.

Spreadsheets are notoriously error-prone.

Errors in spreadsheets are as ubiquitous as spreadsheets themselves.

Programmers exhibit unwarranted confidence in the correctness of their spreadsheets.

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

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