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

Spreadsheets have a notoriously high number of faults.

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

Spreadsheets are commonly used and commonly flawed.

The results given by spreadsheets are often just wrong.

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

A significant proportion of spreadsheets have severe quality problems.

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

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

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.

Spreadsheet errors are still the rule rather than the exception.

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 notoriously error-prone.

Spreadsheets are dangerous to their authors and others.

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

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

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

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

Spreadsheets are easy to use and very hard to check.

Spreadsheet errors are pervasive, stubborn, ubiquitous and complex.

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

Your spreadsheets may be disasters in the making.

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

Most large spreadsheets have dozens or even hundreds of errors.

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

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

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

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

It is irrational to expect large error-free spreadsheets.

Never assume a spreadsheet is right, even your own.

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

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

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

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

Programmers exhibit unwarranted confidence in the correctness of their spreadsheets.

Spreadsheet errors have resulted in huge financial losses.

Spreadsheets contain errors at an alarmingly high rate.

Untested spreadsheets are riddled with errors.

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

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

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

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

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.

Spreadsheets are alarmingly error-prone to write.

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

Spreadsheets are extraordinarily and unacceptably prone to error.