Spreadsheets are notoriously error-prone.

The results given by spreadsheets are often just wrong.

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

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

Spreadsheet errors are still the rule rather than the exception.

It is irrational to expect large error-free spreadsheets.

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

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

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

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

Untested spreadsheets are riddled with errors.

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

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

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

Errors in spreadsheets are as ubiquitous as spreadsheets themselves.

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

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

Spreadsheets are more fault-prone than other software.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Spreadsheets have a notoriously high number of faults.

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

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

A significant proportion of spreadsheets have severe quality problems.

Spreadsheets are dangerous to their authors and others.

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

Spreadsheet errors have resulted in huge financial losses.

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

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

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

Spreadsheets are extraordinarily and unacceptably prone to error.

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.

Spreadsheets are easy to use and very hard to check.

Spreadsheets are commonly used and commonly flawed.

Spreadsheets contain errors at an alarmingly high rate.

Your spreadsheets may be disasters in the making.

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

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

Programmers exhibit unwarranted confidence in the correctness of their spreadsheets.

Spreadsheet errors are pervasive, stubborn, ubiquitous and complex.

Never assume a spreadsheet is right, even your own.

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

Spreadsheets are alarmingly error-prone to write.

Most large spreadsheets have dozens or even hundreds of errors.