Spreadsheets are extraordinarily and unacceptably prone to error.

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

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

Spreadsheets have a notoriously high number of faults.

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

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

Untested spreadsheets are riddled with errors.

Spreadsheets contain errors at an alarmingly high rate.

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

The results given by spreadsheets are often just wrong.

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.

A significant proportion of spreadsheets have severe quality problems.

Spreadsheets are more fault-prone than other software.

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

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

Spreadsheets are dangerous to their authors and others.

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

It is irrational to expect large error-free spreadsheets.

Spreadsheet errors have resulted in huge financial losses.

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

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

Spreadsheets are easy to use and very hard to check.

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

Spreadsheet errors are pervasive, stubborn, ubiquitous and complex.

Errors in spreadsheets are as ubiquitous as spreadsheets themselves.

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

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

Spreadsheets are alarmingly error-prone to write.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Never assume a spreadsheet is right, even your own.

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

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

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

Most large spreadsheets have dozens or even hundreds of errors.

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

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

Your spreadsheets may be disasters in the making.

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

Spreadsheet errors are still the rule rather than the exception.

Spreadsheets are commonly used and commonly flawed.

Spreadsheets are notoriously error-prone.

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