Spreadsheets are notoriously error-prone.

Spreadsheets are alarmingly error-prone to write.

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

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

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

Spreadsheet errors have resulted in huge financial losses.

Spreadsheet errors are still the rule rather than the exception.

Spreadsheets are commonly used and commonly flawed.

Never assume a spreadsheet is right, even your own.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Spreadsheets are dangerous to their authors and others.

Untested spreadsheets are riddled with errors.

Programmers exhibit unwarranted confidence in the correctness of their spreadsheets.

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

Spreadsheets have a notoriously high number of faults.

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

Spreadsheet errors are pervasive, stubborn, ubiquitous and complex.

Spreadsheets are extraordinarily and unacceptably prone to error.

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

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

Most large spreadsheets have dozens or even hundreds of errors.

Spreadsheets contain errors at an alarmingly high rate.

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

The results given by spreadsheets are often just wrong.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A significant proportion of spreadsheets have severe quality problems.

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

Errors in spreadsheets are as ubiquitous as spreadsheets themselves.

Spreadsheets are more fault-prone than other software.

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

It is irrational to expect large error-free spreadsheets.

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

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

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

Your spreadsheets may be disasters in the making.

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

Spreadsheets are easy to use and very hard to check.

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