People have been looking for love potions since hunter-gatherer societies. — Helen Fisher Been 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
I can't conceive of caring more about my president than my own partner. — Helen Fisher About Copy Share Image
We're not very dangerous animals; we don't have a horn like a rhino or quills like a porcupine. — Helen Fisher Animal Copy Share Image
In courtship, who wins and who loses will determine who passes on their DNA to tomorrow. — Helen Fisher Courtship Copy Share Image
When you fight, anger drives up testosterone in both men and women. — Helen Fisher Anger Copy Share Image
Haiti is the poorest country in the western hemisphere; some say the poorest in the world. — Helen Fisher Country Copy Share Image
Women have a better sense of color and a better color memory. They're more likely to notice when something doesn't match; more… — Helen Fisher Better Copy Share Image
Women have a better sense of smell than men do, and it's even sharper in the middle of their menstrual cycle, when… — Helen Fisher Attractive Copy Share Image
When chimps threaten, they open their mouth and show their teeth. It's a little like waving a knife in front of you.… — Helen Fisher Animal 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
A Rolex watch or an expensive car are the things guys often use to show status, wealth, and basic desirability. — Helen Fisher Car Copy Share Image
“...if patterns of human love subtly change, all sorts of social and political atrocities can escalate.” — Helen Fisher Atrocities Copy Share Image
We evolved in a tropical climate where the smells of plants and flowers were all around us. We spent a lot of… — Helen Fisher Climate Copy Share Image
Women apparently are quite drawn to men who have differences rather than similarities in their histocompatibility system. They pick it up by… — Helen Fisher Differences Copy Share Image
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
It certainly would have been adaptive for ancestral man to have a chubby wife during stressful times of famine. Not only would… — Helen Fisher Adaptive 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
That "ol' black magic" is a fickle force. The chemistry of romantic love can trigger the chemistry of sexual desire and the… — Helen Fisher Black Copy Share Image
Women are very attracted to a low voice because it's linked to testosterone, which for millions of years was a sign that… — Helen Fisher Attracted Copy Share Image
From my studies of genetics and neuroscience I have come to believe that people fall into four broad personality types - each… — Helen Fisher Believe Copy Share Image
People live for love. They kill for love. They die for love. They have songs, poems, novels, sculptures, paintings, myths, legends. It's… — Helen Fisher Brain Copy Share Image
You can get into a very fancy car and know everything about the engine, but when you drive in that car, you… — Helen Fisher Car Copy Share Image
At first I assumed hate was the opposite of love. But it isn't. The opposite of love is indifference. — Helen Fisher First Copy Share Image
Women, it turns out, are built to lead - particularly in the modern world. — Helen Fisher Built Copy Share Image
The women's movement is just a symptom of basic changes in the economy that are favoring women. — Helen Fisher Basic Copy Share Image
In that early-love stage, you're in that state of exhilaration. You talk till dawn. You become obsessed with 'What does he think?'… — Helen Fisher Become Copy Share Image
As women in industrial societies join the paid workforce, they gain the economic means to depart unhappy marriages more easily. — Helen Fisher Economic Copy Share Image
Men have a psychological need to show off their courage and strength. When he sees you talking to another guy, that instinct… — Helen Fisher Age Copy Share Image
The reason you take antidepressants is to feel calm. And romantic love is not calm -it's elation, it's mood swings, and you're… — Helen Fisher Antidepressants 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
Women have never been as interesting as they are now. Not at any time on this planet have women been so educated,… — Helen Fisher Capable 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
Sometimes we fall in love with somebody who will probably never love us, for reasons having nothing to do with us but… — Helen Fisher Chemistry Copy Share Image
Any time you choose not to hide your tattoo, you're limiting your social sphere, because they're not popular in big business. — Helen Fisher Big Copy Share Image
When you look at the brain regions associated with picking up data from the body, a huge amount of the brain is… — Helen Fisher Amount Copy Share Image
