Real competition can drive up testosterone, which boosts libido. — Helen Fisher Competition Copy Share Image
Saliva has testosterone and estrogen. When you kiss, you're having a chemical experience. — Helen Fisher Chemical Copy Share Image
There's more than one person on the planet. When you're madly in love, that's not what you think. — Helen Fisher Love Copy Share Image
Like most animals, we're wired to associate height with power. — Helen Fisher Animal Copy Share Image
Men tend to be hierarchical, but women are driven to make lateral connections so they can cooperate. — Helen Fisher Connections Copy Share Image
I think you will find that with divorce will come happier remarriages. — Helen Fisher Come Copy Share Image
Globalization requires taking a broad contextual and long-term view. — Helen Fisher Broad Copy Share Image
We're apt to fall in love with those who are mysterious and challenging to us. — Helen Fisher Challenges Copy Share Image
As societies continue to loosen their standards regarding what is appropriate female and male behavior, I think we are going to realize… — Helen Fisher Appropriate Copy Share Image
Whether you're married or not, relationships - and the satisfaction tied to them - are extremely important for increasing men's and women's… — Helen Fisher Important Copy Share Image
The brain was not built to walk into a bar, where you know nobody, and start a conversation. That's not the way… — Helen Fisher Bars Copy Share Image
There exists no culture in which adultery is unknown, no cultural device or code that extinguishes philandering. — Helen Fisher Adultery Copy Share Image
Most of us make up our minds in the first three minutes of meeting someone whether there's a potential for a relationship. — Helen Fisher Firsts Copy Share Image
You size up someone physically in less than one second - too tall, too short, too fat, too thin, too old, too… — Helen Fisher Fat Copy Share Image
More and more of us live segmented, compartmentalized lives. This isn't natural. For millions of years, our forebears knew everyone around them… — Helen Fisher Around Copy Share Image
Women like signs of money and education - things that indicate that not only is this guy going to have some resources,… — Helen Fisher Education Copy Share Image
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 After Copy Share Image
Why do we feel jealousy? Therapists often regard the demon as a scar of childhood trauma or a symptom of a psychological… — Helen Fisher Childhood Copy Share Image
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 Alive Copy Share Image
Neither gender is routinely more jealous - although women are more willing to work to win back a lover, while men tend… — Helen Fisher Esteem Copy Share Image
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 Blanket Copy Share Image
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 Children Copy Share Image
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 Attachment Copy Share Image
Jealousy can even be good for love. One partner may feel secretly flattered when the other is mildly jealous. And catching someone… — Helen Fisher Be good Copy Share Image
“Personality is composed of two fundamentally different types of traits: those of 'character;' and those of 'temperament.' Your character traits stem from… — Helen Fisher Character trait Copy Share Image
Every time you cuddle with your children, you're likely to be driving down your testosterone. — Helen Fisher Children Copy Share Image
