Spreadsheets are easy to use and very hard to check.

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.

Errors in spreadsheets are as ubiquitous as spreadsheets themselves.

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

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

Never assume a spreadsheet is right, even your own.

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

Spreadsheets have a notoriously high number of faults.

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

Spreadsheets are notoriously error-prone.

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

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

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

Your spreadsheets may be disasters in the making.

Most large spreadsheets have dozens or even hundreds of errors.

Spreadsheets are alarmingly error-prone to write.

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

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

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

It is irrational to expect large error-free spreadsheets.

Spreadsheet errors have resulted in huge financial losses.

Spreadsheet errors are pervasive, stubborn, ubiquitous and complex.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Programmers exhibit unwarranted confidence in the correctness of their spreadsheets.

Untested spreadsheets are riddled with errors.

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

Spreadsheets are extraordinarily and unacceptably prone to error.

Spreadsheets are more fault-prone than other software.

Spreadsheets are commonly used and commonly flawed.

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

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

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

Spreadsheets contain errors at an alarmingly high rate.

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

The results given by spreadsheets are often just wrong.

Spreadsheet errors are still the rule rather than the exception.

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

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

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

A significant proportion of spreadsheets have severe quality problems.

Spreadsheets are dangerous to their authors and others.