Spreadsheets have a notoriously high number of faults.

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

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

Your spreadsheets may be disasters in the making.

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

The results given by spreadsheets are often just wrong.

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

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.

Spreadsheet errors are still the rule rather than the exception.

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

Spreadsheets are alarmingly error-prone to write.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Untested spreadsheets are riddled with errors.

Spreadsheets contain errors at an alarmingly high rate.

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

Never assume a spreadsheet is right, even your own.

Spreadsheet errors have resulted in huge financial losses.

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

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

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.

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

It is irrational to expect large error-free spreadsheets.

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

Spreadsheets are extraordinarily and unacceptably prone to error.

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

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

Programmers exhibit unwarranted confidence in the correctness of their spreadsheets.

A significant proportion of spreadsheets have severe quality problems.

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.

Spreadsheets are dangerous to their authors and others.

Spreadsheets are notoriously error-prone.

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

Spreadsheets are commonly used and commonly flawed.

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

Errors in spreadsheets are as ubiquitous as spreadsheets themselves.

Spreadsheets are more fault-prone than other software.

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

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

Spreadsheets are easy to use and very hard to check.

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