Spreadsheets have a notoriously high number of faults.

It is irrational to expect large error-free spreadsheets.

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

The results given by spreadsheets are often just wrong.

Spreadsheets are extraordinarily and unacceptably prone to error.

Your spreadsheets may be disasters in the making.

Spreadsheet errors are still the rule rather than the exception.

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

Spreadsheets are alarmingly error-prone to write.

Spreadsheet errors are pervasive, stubborn, ubiquitous and complex.

Spreadsheets are notoriously error-prone.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Most large spreadsheets have dozens or even hundreds of errors.

Never assume a spreadsheet is right, even your own.

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

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

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

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

Spreadsheets are commonly used and commonly flawed.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Spreadsheets are easy to use and very hard to check.

A significant proportion of spreadsheets have severe quality problems.

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

Spreadsheets are dangerous to their authors and others.

Errors in spreadsheets are as ubiquitous as spreadsheets themselves.

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

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

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

Spreadsheets are more fault-prone than other software.

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

Spreadsheets contain errors at an alarmingly high rate.

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

Programmers exhibit unwarranted confidence in the correctness of their spreadsheets.

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

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

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

Untested spreadsheets are riddled with errors.

Spreadsheet errors have resulted in huge financial losses.

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