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

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

Programmers exhibit unwarranted confidence in the correctness of their spreadsheets.

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.

Spreadsheets are alarmingly error-prone to write.

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

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

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

The results given by spreadsheets are often just wrong.

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

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

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

Spreadsheets have a notoriously high number of faults.

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

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

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

Most large spreadsheets have dozens or even hundreds of errors.

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

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

Spreadsheets are commonly used and commonly flawed.

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.

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

Spreadsheets are more fault-prone than other software.

Spreadsheets are dangerous to their authors and others.

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

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

Spreadsheets are easy to use and very hard to check.

A significant proportion of spreadsheets have severe quality problems.

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

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

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

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

Spreadsheet errors are still the rule rather than the exception.

Untested spreadsheets are riddled with errors.

Your spreadsheets may be disasters in the making.

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

Errors in spreadsheets are as ubiquitous as spreadsheets themselves.

Spreadsheet errors are pervasive, stubborn, ubiquitous and complex.

Spreadsheets are notoriously error-prone.

Spreadsheets are extraordinarily and unacceptably prone to error.

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

Spreadsheet errors have resulted in huge financial losses.

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

Spreadsheets contain errors at an alarmingly high rate.

Never assume a spreadsheet is right, even your own.

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

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

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