Spreadsheets are more fault-prone than other software.

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

Spreadsheets are extraordinarily and unacceptably prone to error.

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

Spreadsheets have a notoriously high number of faults.

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

Spreadsheets are commonly used and commonly flawed.

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

Programmers exhibit unwarranted confidence in the correctness of their spreadsheets.

Spreadsheets are dangerous to their authors and others.

Your spreadsheets may be disasters in the making.

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

The results given by spreadsheets are often just wrong.

Errors in spreadsheets are as ubiquitous as spreadsheets themselves.

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

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

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

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

Most large spreadsheets have dozens or even hundreds of errors.

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

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

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

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

Spreadsheet errors have resulted in huge financial losses.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Spreadsheets are notoriously error-prone.

Spreadsheets are alarmingly error-prone to write.

Spreadsheet errors are still the rule rather than the exception.

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

A significant proportion of spreadsheets have severe quality problems.

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

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

Untested spreadsheets are riddled with errors.

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

It is irrational to expect large error-free spreadsheets.

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

Spreadsheet errors are pervasive, stubborn, ubiquitous and complex.

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

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

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

Spreadsheets contain errors at an alarmingly high rate.

Spreadsheets are easy to use and very hard to check.

Never assume a spreadsheet is right, even your own.

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

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