Spreadsheets are dangerous to their authors and others.

Errors in spreadsheets are as ubiquitous as spreadsheets themselves.

Spreadsheets are alarmingly error-prone to write.

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

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

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

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

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

Spreadsheets contain errors at an alarmingly high rate.

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

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

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

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

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

Untested spreadsheets are riddled with errors.

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

Most large spreadsheets have dozens or even hundreds of errors.

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

Spreadsheets are easy to use and very hard to check.

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

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

The results given by spreadsheets are often just wrong.

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

Spreadsheets are more fault-prone than other software.

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

Spreadsheet errors are pervasive, stubborn, ubiquitous and complex.

Spreadsheets are extraordinarily and unacceptably prone to error.

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

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

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

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 irrational to expect large error-free spreadsheets.

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

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

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

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

Your spreadsheets may be disasters in the making.

Spreadsheets have a notoriously high number of faults.

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

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

Spreadsheets are notoriously error-prone.

Spreadsheets are commonly used and commonly flawed.

Spreadsheet errors are still the rule rather than the exception.

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

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

Never assume a spreadsheet is right, even your own.

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

Spreadsheet errors have resulted in huge financial losses.

Programmers exhibit unwarranted confidence in the correctness of their spreadsheets.