Untested spreadsheets are riddled with errors.

Spreadsheet errors are pervasive, stubborn, ubiquitous and complex.

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

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

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

Spreadsheets are alarmingly error-prone to write.

A significant proportion of spreadsheets have severe quality problems.

Spreadsheets are dangerous to their authors and others.

Spreadsheets are more fault-prone than other software.

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

Errors in spreadsheets are as ubiquitous as spreadsheets themselves.

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

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

Spreadsheets are extraordinarily and unacceptably prone to error.

Spreadsheet errors have resulted in huge financial losses.

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

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

Never assume a spreadsheet is right, even your own.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Spreadsheets are commonly used and commonly flawed.

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

It is irrational to expect large error-free spreadsheets.

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

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

Spreadsheets contain errors at an alarmingly high rate.

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

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

Spreadsheets are notoriously error-prone.

Most large spreadsheets have dozens or even hundreds of errors.

Your spreadsheets may be disasters in the making.

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

Spreadsheets are easy to use and very hard to check.

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

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

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

The results given by spreadsheets are often just wrong.

Programmers exhibit unwarranted confidence in the correctness of their spreadsheets.

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

Spreadsheets have a notoriously high number of faults.

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

Spreadsheet errors are still the rule rather than the exception.