When someone says, "I want a programming language in which I need only say what I want done," give him a lollipop.
Learning French is trivial: the word for horse is cheval, and everything else follows in the same way.
Some programming languages manage to absorb change, but withstand progress.
Once you understand how to write a program get someone else to write it.
If your computer speaks English, it was probably made in Japan.
FORTRAN is not a flower but a weed - it is hardy, occasionally blooms, and grows in every computer.