The results given by spreadsheets are often just wrong.

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

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

Spreadsheets are commonly used and commonly flawed.

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

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

Spreadsheets are more fault-prone than other software.

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

Your spreadsheets may be disasters in the making.

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

Spreadsheet errors are pervasive, stubborn, ubiquitous and complex.

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

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

Errors in spreadsheets are as ubiquitous as spreadsheets themselves.

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

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

A significant proportion of spreadsheets have severe quality problems.

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.

It is irrational to expect large error-free spreadsheets.

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

Untested spreadsheets are riddled with errors.

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

Spreadsheet errors are still the rule rather than the exception.

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

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

Spreadsheets have a notoriously high number of faults.

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

Spreadsheets are easy to use and very hard to check.

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

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

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

Most large spreadsheets have dozens or even hundreds of errors.

Spreadsheet errors have resulted in huge financial losses.

Spreadsheets contain errors at an alarmingly high rate.

Spreadsheets are alarmingly error-prone to write.

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

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

Spreadsheets are notoriously error-prone.

Spreadsheets are extraordinarily and unacceptably prone to error.

Spreadsheets are dangerous to their authors and others.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Never assume a spreadsheet is right, even your own.

Programmers exhibit unwarranted confidence in the correctness of their spreadsheets.