Spreadsheets are alarmingly error-prone to write.

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

Spreadsheets have a notoriously high number of faults.

Spreadsheet errors are still the rule rather than the exception.

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

Spreadsheets are extraordinarily and unacceptably prone to error.

Untested spreadsheets are riddled with errors.

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

It is irrational to expect large error-free spreadsheets.

Spreadsheets are more fault-prone than other software.

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

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

Most large spreadsheets have dozens or even hundreds of errors.

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

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

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

Spreadsheet errors have resulted in huge financial losses.

Never assume a spreadsheet is right, even your own.

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

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

Errors in spreadsheets are as ubiquitous as spreadsheets themselves.

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.

Programmers exhibit unwarranted confidence in the correctness of their spreadsheets.

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

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

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

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

Spreadsheet errors are pervasive, stubborn, ubiquitous and complex.

The results given by spreadsheets are often just wrong.

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

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

Your spreadsheets may be disasters in the making.

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

Spreadsheets are easy to use and very hard to check.

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

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

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.

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

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

Spreadsheets are notoriously error-prone.

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

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

Spreadsheets are commonly used and commonly flawed.

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

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

Spreadsheets are dangerous to their authors and others.

A significant proportion of spreadsheets have severe quality problems.

Spreadsheets contain errors at an alarmingly high rate.