Women are better at reading body language everywhere in the world. As a matter of fact, it's associated with the female hormone… — Helen Fisher Body Copy Share Image
The Great Depression of the 1930s saw more American unmarried women working from nine to five, mostly in repetitive, boring, subordinate, dead-end… — Helen Fisher 1930s Copy Share Image
Hair that looks like it's been naturally sun-bleached makes you seem youthful, like you spend a lot of time outdoors. And that… — Helen Fisher Appeals Copy Share Image
Anthropologists have found evidence of romantic love in 170 societies. They've never found a society that did not have it. — Helen Fisher Evidence 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
Men and women are like two feet; they can help each other get ahead. — Helen Fisher Feet 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
Good-looking people are always looking for other good-looking people. — Helen Fisher Always Copy Share Image
Saliva has testosterone and estrogen. When you kiss, you're having a chemical experience. — Helen Fisher Chemical Copy Share Image
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 Arms Copy Share Image
It's almost as if men who get tribal tattoos are trying to signal that they are dangerous, they're to be respected, and… — Helen Fisher Dangerous Copy Share Image
Psychologists maintain that the dizzy feeling of intense romantic love lasts only about 18 months to-at best-three years — Helen Fisher Best Copy Share Image
The human brain is built to compare; it's Darwinian to consider an alternative when one presents itself. — Helen Fisher Alternative Copy Share Image
Along with our many human propensities, we evolved a huge cerebral cortex with which we make decisions. — Helen Fisher Cerebral Copy Share Image
Men want to think women don't cheat, and women want men to think they don't cheat, and therefore the sexes have been… — Helen Fisher Cheat Copy Share Image
Romantic love is an addiction: a perfectly wonderful addiction when it’s going well, and a perfectly horrible addiction when it’s going poorly. — Helen Fisher Addiction 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
A lot of people have been romantically in love with somebody who they feel wasn't appropriate to marry. — Helen Fisher Appropriate Copy Share Image
Natural beauty really entices men. They will tell you this time and time again, and studies consistently prove it. — Helen Fisher Beauty 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] tend to collect more pieces of data when they think, put them into more complex patterns, see more options and outcomes.… — Helen Fisher Brain 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
If two very different people pool their DNA, they'll create more genetic variety, and their young will come to the job of… — Helen Fisher Create Copy Share Image
Research shows that couples who have a lot of similarities, including intellectual compatibility, end up staying together. — Helen Fisher Compatibility Copy Share Image