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

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

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

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

Programmers exhibit unwarranted confidence in the correctness of their spreadsheets.

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

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

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

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

It is irrational to expect large error-free spreadsheets.

Spreadsheets are alarmingly error-prone to write.

Your spreadsheets may be disasters in the making.

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

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

The results given by spreadsheets are often just wrong.

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

Untested spreadsheets are riddled with errors.

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

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

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

Spreadsheet errors are pervasive, stubborn, ubiquitous and complex.

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

Spreadsheets are commonly used and commonly flawed.

Most large spreadsheets have dozens or even hundreds of errors.

Spreadsheet errors are still the rule rather than the exception.

Spreadsheets are extraordinarily and unacceptably prone to error.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Spreadsheets have a notoriously high number of faults.

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

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

Never assume a spreadsheet is right, even your own.

Spreadsheets are easy to use and very hard to check.

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

A significant proportion of spreadsheets have severe quality problems.

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

Spreadsheets are dangerous to their authors and others.

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

Errors in spreadsheets are as ubiquitous as spreadsheets themselves.

Spreadsheets are notoriously error-prone.

Spreadsheet errors have resulted in huge financial losses.

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

Spreadsheets are more fault-prone than other software.

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

Spreadsheets contain errors at an alarmingly high rate.