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

Your spreadsheets may be disasters in the making.

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

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

Spreadsheets are more fault-prone than other software.

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

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

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

Programmers exhibit unwarranted confidence in the correctness of their spreadsheets.

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

Spreadsheet errors have resulted in huge financial losses.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Spreadsheets contain errors at an alarmingly high rate.

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

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

Spreadsheets are commonly used and commonly flawed.

A significant proportion of spreadsheets have severe quality problems.

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

Spreadsheets are alarmingly error-prone to write.

It is irrational to expect large error-free spreadsheets.

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

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

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

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

Spreadsheets have a notoriously high number of faults.

Most large spreadsheets have dozens or even hundreds of errors.

Errors in spreadsheets are as ubiquitous as spreadsheets themselves.

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

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

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

The results given by spreadsheets are often just wrong.

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

Spreadsheets are easy to use and very hard to check.

Spreadsheets are extraordinarily and unacceptably prone to error.

Spreadsheets are dangerous to their authors and others.

Spreadsheet errors are still the rule rather than the exception.

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

Spreadsheet errors are pervasive, stubborn, ubiquitous and complex.

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

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

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

Untested spreadsheets are riddled with errors.

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

Never assume a spreadsheet is right, even your own.

Spreadsheets are notoriously error-prone.