Spreadsheets are notoriously error-prone.

Spreadsheet errors are still the rule rather than the exception.

Spreadsheets are dangerous to their authors and others.

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

It is irrational to expect large error-free spreadsheets.

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.

Programmers exhibit unwarranted confidence in the correctness of their spreadsheets.

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.

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

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.

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

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

A significant proportion of spreadsheets have severe quality problems.

Never assume a spreadsheet is right, even your own.

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

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

Spreadsheets contain errors at an alarmingly high rate.

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

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

The results given by spreadsheets are often just wrong.

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

Your spreadsheets may be disasters in the making.

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

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

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

Spreadsheets are alarmingly error-prone to write.

Spreadsheets are commonly used and commonly flawed.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Spreadsheets are more fault-prone than other software.

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

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

Most large spreadsheets have dozens or even hundreds of errors.

Spreadsheet errors are pervasive, stubborn, ubiquitous and complex.

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

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

Untested spreadsheets are riddled with errors.

Errors in spreadsheets are as ubiquitous as spreadsheets themselves.

Spreadsheets have a notoriously high number of faults.

Spreadsheets are easy to use and very hard to check.

Spreadsheet errors have resulted in huge financial losses.

Spreadsheets are extraordinarily and unacceptably prone to error.