Spreadsheets are more fault-prone than other software.

Spreadsheets are alarmingly error-prone to write.

A significant proportion of spreadsheets have severe quality problems.

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

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

Never assume a spreadsheet is right, even your own.

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

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

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

Programmers exhibit unwarranted confidence in the correctness of their spreadsheets.

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

Spreadsheet errors have resulted in huge financial losses.

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

Spreadsheets are notoriously error-prone.

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

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

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

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

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

Spreadsheet errors are still the rule rather than the exception.

Spreadsheets are easy to use and very hard to check.

The results given by spreadsheets are often just wrong.

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

Your spreadsheets may be disasters in the making.

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

It is irrational to expect large error-free spreadsheets.

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

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

Spreadsheets are extraordinarily and unacceptably prone to error.

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

Errors in spreadsheets are as ubiquitous as spreadsheets themselves.

Spreadsheets contain errors at an alarmingly high rate.

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

Spreadsheets are dangerous to their authors and others.

Spreadsheet errors are pervasive, stubborn, ubiquitous and complex.

Untested spreadsheets are riddled with errors.

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

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

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

Most large spreadsheets have dozens or even hundreds of errors.

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

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

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

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

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

Spreadsheets have a notoriously high number of faults.

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

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

Spreadsheets are commonly used and commonly flawed.

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