Marriage Quotes by Helen Fisher

We're not very dangerous animals; we don't have a horn like a rhino or quills like a porcupine.

— Helen Fisher

Of all the foods we share, there is nothing more primordial than meat. It's no surprise that meat-eaters still want a partner who will…

— Helen Fisher

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…

— Helen Fisher

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

— Helen Fisher

Almost always, when I'm on TV, the producers who call me, who negotiate what we're going to say, is a woman.

— Helen Fisher

Jealousy can even be good for love. One partner may feel secretly flattered when the other is mildly jealous. And catching someone flirting with…

— Helen Fisher

In that early-love stage, you're in that state of exhilaration. You talk till dawn. You become obsessed with 'What does he think?' 'Does he…

— Helen Fisher

“...if patterns of human love subtly change, all sorts of social and political atrocities can escalate.”

— Helen Fisher

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

— Helen Fisher

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.

— Helen Fisher

As women in industrial societies join the paid workforce, they gain the economic means to depart unhappy marriages more easily.

— Helen Fisher

For men, being too put-together implies femininity.

— Helen Fisher

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

— Helen Fisher

In America, we are demanding everything from our marriage.

— Helen Fisher

Despite the myth that men are less committed, they are predisposed to desire marriage.

— Helen Fisher