Spreadsheets are dangerous to their authors and others.

Spreadsheets are more fault-prone than other software.

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 have a notoriously high number of faults.

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

The results given by spreadsheets are often just wrong.

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

...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.

Spreadsheet errors have resulted in huge financial losses.

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

Your spreadsheets may be disasters in the making.

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 often hard, if not impossible, to understand.

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.

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

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

Never assume a spreadsheet is right, even your own.

Spreadsheets are extraordinarily and unacceptably prone to error.

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

Spreadsheet errors are still the rule rather than the exception.

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

Errors in spreadsheets are as ubiquitous as spreadsheets themselves.

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

A significant proportion of spreadsheets have severe quality problems.

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

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

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

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

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

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

It is irrational to expect large error-free spreadsheets.

Spreadsheets are commonly used and commonly flawed.

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

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

Spreadsheets are notoriously error-prone.

Most large spreadsheets have dozens or even hundreds of errors.

Untested spreadsheets are riddled with errors.

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

Programmers exhibit unwarranted confidence in the correctness of their spreadsheets.

Spreadsheets are alarmingly error-prone to write.

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

Spreadsheet errors are pervasive, stubborn, ubiquitous and complex.

Spreadsheets are easy to use and very hard to check.

Spreadsheets contain errors at an alarmingly high rate.

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

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