Helen Fisher Quotes

Women spend their lives trying to look good for men. So a woman who feels she's sending the right visual signals is pleased with herself.

When you look at the brain regions associated with picking up data from the body, a huge amount of the brain is devoted to picking up information from the lips and tongue.

We spend our lives trying to get along with people so we can keep our jobs, keep our marriages together, so that we can raise our kids properly.

[Women] tend to collect more pieces of data when they think, put them into more complex patterns, see more options and outcomes. They tend to be contextual, holistic thinkers.

Women's worst invention was the plow. With the beginning of plow agriculture, men's roles became extremely powerful. Women lost their ancient jobs as collectors.

My hypothesis is that conservative Republicans have very clear values, and when you have that, you're simply more relaxed.

Real competition can drive up testosterone, which boosts libido.

It's in our genes, we were built to wander.

We evolved in a tropical climate where the smells of plants and flowers were all around us. We spent a lot of time in the trees with a lot of sunlight and no clothes.

A lot of people have been romantically in love with somebody who they feel wasn't appropriate to marry.

We are lied to by our love songs.

When you fight, anger drives up testosterone in both men and women.

Romantic love is one of the most addictive substances on Earth.

The Internet lets women use words, which is their natural tool. Little girls speak in more complex, grammatical sentences than little boys do, and women never lose that superiority in verbal ability.

There's a lot of talk about the positive aspects of love. We as a society downplay the danger, the anxiety, and the disappointment. We romanticize romance.

In America, we are demanding everything from our marriage.

In general, men are wired to notice obvious signs that convey interest in mating - a warm smile, for example - and ignore other subtleties, like if your lipstick is faded.

People compose poetry, novels, sitcoms - for love.

Falling in love was not really a choice; it just struck me.

For so many generations, a woman's only career path was to marry well and to marry up. Those days have changed.

Liberals and conservatives are looking for entirely different things. Their attitudes toward romance and how they court are really dramatically different. There's almost no overlap.

You can really get poked in the back and not feel it very much, but just a feather around your lips and you really do feel it.

Women apparently are quite drawn to men who have differences rather than similarities in their histocompatibility system. They pick it up by smell, and they can pick it up from kissing.

Hair that looks like it's been naturally sun-bleached makes you seem youthful, like you spend a lot of time outdoors. And that appeals to most people.

Touch is the mother of the senses. Not only are women more sensitive when they touch, but they're also more sensitive to being touched.

Office romances are few, short, and not usually destructive.

People have been looking for love potions since hunter-gatherer societies.

Scientists know that women gravitate to men who have a different immune system from theirs.

There is more and more data indicating that there is a biological basis to your political views.

I was married and divorced at 23.

Women, it turns out, are built to lead - particularly in the modern world.

Hair that gleams can send a clear sign that you're young and in your prime, whatever your actual age.

The only people you and I are likely to know in common are people in the news - politicians, journalists and celebrities.

Haiti is the poorest country in the western hemisphere; some say the poorest in the world.

We still have community, but we don't seem to have local community. Even in a small town where you know your neighbors and your mother's down the street, they're not in arm's length.

When chimps threaten, they open their mouth and show their teeth. It's a little like waving a knife in front of you. It's very primitive, and therefore bizarre.

There are cognitive processes and limbic reactions associated with basic emotions. And you can change brain chemistry, but you're still not going to change memories and experiences in a human being.

I can't conceive of caring more about my president than my own partner.

Men tend to be hierarchical, but women are driven to make lateral connections so they can cooperate.

Today, American women bear an average of 2.2 children that live to adulthood. Across most of Europe, women bear even fewer young.

Men couldn't care less if your strands are perfectly styled and neat. In fact, he might like you more with some wildness or bedhead, since it shows you're carefree and relaxed.

The human brain is built to compare; it's Darwinian to consider an alternative when one presents itself.

In courtship, who wins and who loses will determine who passes on their DNA to tomorrow.

I don’t think we’re an animal that was built to be happy; we are an animal that was built to reproduce.

When people tell you to walk a certain way, it's like not thinking of a purple tomato. You can't not do it.

Women are naturally prone to compete over their mates.

As societies continue to loosen their standards regarding what is appropriate female and male behavior, I think we are going to realize we have not only underestimated women, but also men.

You know, when you've been dumped, the one thing you love to do is just forget about this human being, and then go on with your life - but no, you just love them harder.

Like most animals, we're wired to associate height with power.

Men don't need linguistic talent; they just need courage and words.