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

Spreadsheets are more fault-prone than other software.

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

Spreadsheets are easy to use and very hard to check.

Spreadsheets are extraordinarily and unacceptably prone to error.

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

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

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

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

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

It is irrational to expect large error-free spreadsheets.

Spreadsheets are notoriously error-prone.

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

Your spreadsheets may be disasters in the making.

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

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

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

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.

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

Spreadsheet errors are pervasive, stubborn, ubiquitous and complex.

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.

Most large spreadsheets have dozens or even hundreds of errors.

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

Untested spreadsheets are riddled with errors.

Spreadsheets are dangerous to their authors and others.

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

Spreadsheets contain errors at an alarmingly high rate.

Programmers exhibit unwarranted confidence in the correctness of their spreadsheets.

Spreadsheet errors have resulted in huge financial losses.

Spreadsheet errors are still the rule rather than the exception.

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

The results given by spreadsheets are often just wrong.

Errors in spreadsheets are as ubiquitous as spreadsheets themselves.

Spreadsheets are commonly used and commonly flawed.

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

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

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

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

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

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

A significant proportion of spreadsheets have severe quality problems.

Spreadsheets are alarmingly error-prone to write.

Never assume a spreadsheet is right, even your own.

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

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

Spreadsheets have a notoriously high number of faults.