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

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

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

The results given by spreadsheets are often just wrong.

Programmers exhibit unwarranted confidence in the correctness of their spreadsheets.

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

It is irrational to expect large error-free spreadsheets.

Spreadsheets contain errors at an alarmingly high rate.

Spreadsheets are dangerous to their authors and others.

A significant proportion of spreadsheets have severe quality problems.

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.

Spreadsheets have a notoriously high number of faults.

Spreadsheet errors have resulted in huge financial losses.

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

Spreadsheets are more fault-prone than other software.

Spreadsheets are easy to use and very hard to check.

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

Errors in spreadsheets are as ubiquitous as spreadsheets themselves.

Spreadsheet errors are pervasive, stubborn, ubiquitous and complex.

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

Spreadsheets are commonly used and commonly flawed.

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

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

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

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

Spreadsheets are notoriously error-prone.

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.

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

Most large spreadsheets have dozens or even hundreds of errors.

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

Your spreadsheets may be disasters in the making.

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

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

Never assume a spreadsheet is right, even your own.

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

Spreadsheets are alarmingly error-prone to write.

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

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

Spreadsheet errors are still the rule rather than the exception.

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

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

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

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

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

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

...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.