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

Spreadsheets are extraordinarily and unacceptably prone to error.

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

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

Spreadsheets are alarmingly error-prone to write.

Errors in spreadsheets are as ubiquitous as spreadsheets themselves.

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

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

Your spreadsheets may be disasters in the making.

Never assume a spreadsheet is right, even your own.

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

Spreadsheet errors have resulted in huge financial losses.

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

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 contain errors at an alarmingly high rate.

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

It is irrational to expect large error-free spreadsheets.

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

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

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

Spreadsheets are dangerous to their authors and others.

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

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

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

Spreadsheets are easy to use and very hard to check.

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

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

Untested spreadsheets are riddled with errors.

The results given by spreadsheets are often just wrong.

Spreadsheets are notoriously error-prone.

Programmers exhibit unwarranted confidence in the correctness of their spreadsheets.

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

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

Spreadsheets have a notoriously high number of faults.

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

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

Spreadsheet errors are still the rule rather than the exception.

Spreadsheets are more fault-prone than other software.

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

Most large spreadsheets have dozens or even hundreds of errors.

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

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

Spreadsheet errors are pervasive, stubborn, ubiquitous and complex.

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

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

Spreadsheets are commonly used and commonly flawed.

A significant proportion of spreadsheets have severe quality problems.

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

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