Programmers exhibit unwarranted confidence in the correctness of their spreadsheets.

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

Spreadsheets are notoriously error-prone.

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

Spreadsheets are more fault-prone than other software.

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

It is irrational to expect large error-free spreadsheets.

Spreadsheets are commonly used and commonly flawed.

Spreadsheets contain errors at an alarmingly high rate.

Most large spreadsheets have dozens or even hundreds of errors.

Untested spreadsheets are riddled with errors.

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

Errors in spreadsheets are as ubiquitous as spreadsheets themselves.

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.

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

Spreadsheets are alarmingly error-prone to write.

A significant proportion of spreadsheets have severe quality problems.

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

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

Spreadsheet errors are still the rule rather than the exception.

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

Your spreadsheets may be disasters in the making.

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

Spreadsheets are easy to use and very hard to check.

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

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

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

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

Spreadsheet errors have resulted in huge financial losses.

The results given by spreadsheets are often just wrong.

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

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

Spreadsheets are extraordinarily and unacceptably prone to error.

Never assume a spreadsheet is right, even your own.

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

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

Spreadsheets are dangerous to their authors and others.

Spreadsheets have a notoriously high number of faults.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Spreadsheet errors are pervasive, stubborn, ubiquitous and complex.