Spreadsheets are alarmingly error-prone to write.

Spreadsheets are extraordinarily and unacceptably prone to error.

Spreadsheets have a notoriously high number of faults.

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

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.

Spreadsheets contain errors at an alarmingly high rate.

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

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

Never assume a spreadsheet is right, even your own.

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

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

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

Spreadsheet errors have resulted in huge financial losses.

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

Untested spreadsheets are riddled with errors.

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

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

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

Spreadsheets are commonly used and commonly flawed.

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

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

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

Spreadsheet errors are still the rule rather than the exception.

Spreadsheets are notoriously error-prone.

Errors in spreadsheets are as ubiquitous as spreadsheets themselves.

A significant proportion of spreadsheets have severe quality problems.

Spreadsheet errors are pervasive, stubborn, ubiquitous and complex.

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

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

Spreadsheets are more fault-prone than other software.

The results given by spreadsheets are often just wrong.

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.

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

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

Most large spreadsheets have dozens or even hundreds of errors.

Spreadsheets are easy to use and very hard to check.

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

Programmers exhibit unwarranted confidence in the correctness of their spreadsheets.

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

Spreadsheets are dangerous to their authors and others.

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

It is irrational to expect large error-free spreadsheets.

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

Your spreadsheets may be disasters in the making.

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

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

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

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