Spreadsheets are alarmingly error-prone to write.

It is irrational to expect large error-free spreadsheets.

Spreadsheets are easy to use and very hard to check.

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

Programmers exhibit unwarranted confidence in the correctness of their spreadsheets.

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

A significant proportion of spreadsheets have severe quality problems.

Most large spreadsheets have dozens or even hundreds of errors.

Spreadsheets are commonly used and commonly flawed.

Untested spreadsheets are riddled with errors.

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

Spreadsheet errors are pervasive, stubborn, ubiquitous and complex.

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

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

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

Spreadsheets are more fault-prone than other software.

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

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

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

Spreadsheets contain errors at an alarmingly high rate.

Spreadsheets are dangerous to their authors and others.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Never assume a spreadsheet is right, even your own.

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

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

Your spreadsheets may be disasters in the making.

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

The results given by spreadsheets are often just wrong.

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

Spreadsheets are extraordinarily and unacceptably prone to error.

Spreadsheets have a notoriously high number of faults.

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

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

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

Spreadsheet errors have resulted in huge financial losses.

Errors in spreadsheets are as ubiquitous as spreadsheets themselves.

Spreadsheet errors are still the rule rather than the exception.

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

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

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

Spreadsheets are notoriously error-prone.

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

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

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