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

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

Spreadsheet errors have resulted in huge financial losses.

Spreadsheet errors are still the rule rather than the exception.

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...

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.

Spreadsheets are extraordinarily and unacceptably prone to error.

Spreadsheets are commonly used and commonly flawed.

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

Spreadsheets are dangerous to their authors and others.

Spreadsheets have a notoriously high number of faults.

Most large spreadsheets have dozens or even hundreds of errors.

Spreadsheets are alarmingly error-prone to write.

Never assume a spreadsheet is right, even your own.

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

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

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

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

Your spreadsheets may be disasters in the making.

Errors in spreadsheets are as ubiquitous as spreadsheets themselves.

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

Untested spreadsheets are riddled with errors.

Spreadsheets are more fault-prone than other software.

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

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

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

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

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

The results given by spreadsheets are often just wrong.

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

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

Spreadsheets are notoriously error-prone.

Spreadsheets contain errors at an alarmingly high rate.

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

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

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

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

Spreadsheet errors are pervasive, stubborn, ubiquitous and complex.

It is irrational to expect large error-free spreadsheets.

Programmers exhibit unwarranted confidence in the correctness of their spreadsheets.

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

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

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

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

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

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

A significant proportion of spreadsheets have severe quality problems.

Spreadsheets are easy to use and very hard to check.