Spreadsheets are alarmingly error-prone to write.

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

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

Never assume a spreadsheet is right, even your own.

Spreadsheet errors have resulted in huge financial losses.

It is irrational to expect large error-free spreadsheets.

The results given by spreadsheets are often just wrong.

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

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

Spreadsheet errors are pervasive, stubborn, ubiquitous and complex.

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

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

Spreadsheets are extraordinarily and unacceptably prone to error.

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

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

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

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

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

Spreadsheets are dangerous to their authors and others.

Spreadsheets have a notoriously high number of faults.

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

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.

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

Untested spreadsheets are riddled with errors.

Spreadsheets are easy to use and very hard to check.

A significant proportion of spreadsheets have severe quality problems.

Spreadsheets are commonly used and commonly flawed.

Spreadsheets are more fault-prone than other software.

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

Most large spreadsheets have dozens or even hundreds of errors.

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

Errors in spreadsheets are as ubiquitous as spreadsheets themselves.

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

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

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

Programmers exhibit unwarranted confidence in the correctness of their spreadsheets.

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

Spreadsheets contain errors at an alarmingly high rate.

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.

Spreadsheet errors are still the rule rather than the exception.

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

Your spreadsheets may be disasters in the making.

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

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

Spreadsheets are notoriously error-prone.

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

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

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