Helen Fisher

We are wired to find love.

— Helen Fisher

Love is not an emotion; it is a drive.

— Helen Fisher

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

— Helen Fisher

For men, being too put-together implies femininity.

— Helen Fisher

Throughout evolution, ostracism was death indeed.

— Helen Fisher

People compose poetry, novels, sitcoms - for love.

— Helen Fisher

People kill for love. They die for love.

— Helen Fisher

I was married and divorced at 23.

— Helen Fisher

I've always maintained that men were more romantic than women.

— Helen Fisher

We're apt to fall in love with those who are mysterious and challenging to us.

— Helen Fisher

Every time you cuddle with your children, you're likely to be driving down your testosterone.

— Helen Fisher

Globalization requires taking a broad contextual and long-term view.

— Helen Fisher

I think you will find that with divorce will come happier remarriages.

— Helen Fisher

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

— Helen Fisher

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

— Helen Fisher

There's more than one person on the planet. When you're madly in love, that's not what you think.

— Helen Fisher

We still have community, but we don't seem to have local community. Even in a small town where you know your neighbors…

— Helen Fisher

We spend our lives trying to get along with people so we can keep our jobs, keep our marriages together, so that…

— Helen Fisher

Kissing is not just kissing. It is a major escalation or de-escalation point in a powerful process of mate choice.

— Helen Fisher

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

— Helen Fisher

Once you fall for someone, their smell can be a powerful thing. Women will wear their boyfriends' T-shirts, and throughout tales in…

— Helen Fisher

Women like signs of money and education - things that indicate that not only is this guy going to have some resources,…

— Helen Fisher

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

— Helen Fisher

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

— Helen Fisher

There's magic to love... Millions of years ago we evolved three basic drives: the sex love, romantic love, and attachment to a…

— Helen Fisher

A hundred years ago, if you had a child out of marriage, you'd be a social disgrace. Today women feel comfortable enough…

— Helen Fisher

Today, most women are surrounded by ingenious gadgets. They don't grow the peas or raise the chicken that they serve for dinner;…

— Helen Fisher

Neither gender is routinely more jealous - although women are more willing to work to win back a lover, while men tend…

— Helen Fisher

Games are the way we keep romance alive. They're based in human hardwiring. Playing hard-to-get or leaving a little to the imagination…

— Helen Fisher

Why do we feel jealousy? Therapists often regard the demon as a scar of childhood trauma or a symptom of a psychological…

— Helen Fisher

A lot of people head into courtship looking for fireworks. Don't pass up a chance by dumping someone after a first date…

— Helen Fisher

Your sweetheart calls you by another's name. His eyes linger too long on your best friend. He talks with excitement about a…

— Helen Fisher

“Personality is composed of two fundamentally different types of traits: those of 'character;' and those of 'temperament.' Your character traits stem from…

— Helen Fisher

Since when is anyone truly honest with anyone?

— Helen Fisher

Romantic love is an addiction.

— Helen Fisher

love is like Someone is camping in your head

— Helen Fisher

We are lied to by our love songs.

— Helen Fisher

I think the happiness we find, we make.

— Helen Fisher

Keep an open heart. We are wired to find love.

— Helen Fisher

Saliva has testosterone and estrogen. When you kiss, you're having a chemical experience.

— Helen Fisher