Spreadsheets are alarmingly error-prone to write.

Programmers exhibit unwarranted confidence in the correctness of their spreadsheets.

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

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

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.

Spreadsheet errors are pervasive, stubborn, ubiquitous and complex.

Never assume a spreadsheet is right, even your own.

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

Spreadsheets contain errors at an alarmingly high rate.

Spreadsheets are easy to use and very hard to check.

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

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

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.

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

Errors in spreadsheets are as ubiquitous as spreadsheets themselves.

Spreadsheets have a notoriously high number of faults.

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

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

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

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

Spreadsheets are extraordinarily and unacceptably prone to error.

Your spreadsheets may be disasters in the making.

Spreadsheets are notoriously error-prone.

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

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

Spreadsheet errors are still the rule rather than the exception.

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

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 more fault-prone than other software.

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

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

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

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

Spreadsheets are commonly used and commonly flawed.

The results given by spreadsheets are often just wrong.

It is irrational to expect large error-free spreadsheets.

Untested spreadsheets are riddled with errors.

Spreadsheet errors have resulted in huge financial losses.

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

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

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

A significant proportion of spreadsheets have severe quality problems.

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

Spreadsheets are dangerous to their authors and others.

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

Most large spreadsheets have dozens or even hundreds of errors.