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

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

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.

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

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

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

Spreadsheets are alarmingly error-prone to write.

Spreadsheets contain errors at an alarmingly high rate.

Spreadsheets are easy to use and very hard to check.

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

It is irrational to expect large error-free spreadsheets.

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

Programmers exhibit unwarranted confidence in the correctness of their spreadsheets.

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

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

Spreadsheet errors are pervasive, stubborn, ubiquitous and complex.

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

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

Spreadsheets are extraordinarily and unacceptably prone to error.

Most large spreadsheets have dozens or even hundreds of errors.

The results given by spreadsheets are often just wrong.

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

Spreadsheets are notoriously error-prone.

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

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

A significant proportion of spreadsheets have severe quality problems.

Errors in spreadsheets are as ubiquitous as spreadsheets themselves.

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

Spreadsheet errors have resulted in huge financial losses.

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 commonly used and commonly flawed.

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

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

Your spreadsheets may be disasters in the making.

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

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

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

Never assume a spreadsheet is right, even your own.

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

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

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

Spreadsheets are dangerous to their authors and others.

Spreadsheets are more fault-prone than other software.

Untested spreadsheets are riddled with 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.

Spreadsheets have a notoriously high number of faults.

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