The results given by spreadsheets are often just wrong.

Spreadsheet errors are pervasive, stubborn, ubiquitous and complex.

Spreadsheets are alarmingly error-prone to write.

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

Untested spreadsheets are riddled with errors.

Never assume a spreadsheet is right, even your own.

Most large spreadsheets have dozens or even hundreds of errors.

Programmers exhibit unwarranted confidence in the correctness of their spreadsheets.

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

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

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

Spreadsheets are dangerous to their authors and others.

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

Spreadsheets are easy to use and very hard to check.

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

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

Your spreadsheets may be disasters in the making.

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

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

Spreadsheets are more fault-prone than other software.

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

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

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

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

Spreadsheets contain errors at an alarmingly high rate.

Spreadsheets have a notoriously high number of faults.

Spreadsheets are extraordinarily and unacceptably prone to error.

It is irrational to expect large error-free spreadsheets.

Errors in spreadsheets are as ubiquitous as spreadsheets themselves.

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

Spreadsheets are commonly used and commonly flawed.

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

A significant proportion of spreadsheets have severe quality problems.

Spreadsheets are notoriously error-prone.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Spreadsheet errors are still the rule rather than the exception.

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

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

Spreadsheet errors have resulted in huge financial losses.

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