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

Your spreadsheets may be disasters in the making.

It is irrational to expect large error-free spreadsheets.

Spreadsheet errors are still the rule rather than the exception.

Spreadsheets have a notoriously high number of faults.

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

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

Spreadsheets are dangerous to their authors and others.

Spreadsheets are more fault-prone than other software.

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

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

Spreadsheets are easy to use and very hard to check.

Spreadsheets are alarmingly error-prone to write.

Untested spreadsheets are riddled with errors.

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

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

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

Spreadsheets are extraordinarily and unacceptably prone to error.

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.

Never assume a spreadsheet is right, even your own.

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.

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

A significant proportion of spreadsheets have severe quality problems.

The results given by spreadsheets are often just wrong.

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

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

Most large spreadsheets have dozens or even hundreds of errors.

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

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

Errors in spreadsheets are as ubiquitous as spreadsheets themselves.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Spreadsheets are notoriously error-prone.

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

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

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

Spreadsheets are commonly used and commonly flawed.

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

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

Programmers exhibit unwarranted confidence in the correctness of their spreadsheets.

Spreadsheets contain errors at an alarmingly high rate.

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

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

Spreadsheet errors have resulted in huge financial losses.