fame and fortune

Language both reflects and shapes the human world. "Fame and Fortune. Letters to Michael Kandel"

People are rather stupid than evil, although the results can be uncomfortably similar. "Fame and Fortune. Letters to Michael Kandel"

My art rides into battle precisely where scientific sources begin to reveal their inadequacy, where the might of science turns out to be a trap or labyrinth for the human spirit, where Darwin indeed triumphs over Hegel but in a Pyrrhic victory. "Fame and Fortune. Letters to Michael Kandel"

If someone were ready to invest $1,000,000 in publicity, you could make a bestseller out of an old phone book. "Letters to Michael Kandel"