People have been looking for love potions since hunter-gatherer societies. — Helen Fisher Copy Share Image
Along with our many human propensities, we evolved a huge cerebral cortex with which we make decisions. — Helen Fisher Copy Share Image
Nobody gets out of love alive. You turn into a menace or a pest when you've been rejected. — Helen Fisher Alive Copy Share Image
Hair that gleams can send a clear sign that you're young and in your prime, whatever your actual age. — Helen Fisher Age Copy Share Image
I don’t think we’re an animal that was built to be happy; we are an animal that was built to reproduce. — Helen Fisher Animal Copy Share Image
High heels can literally raise your status because you're taller when you wear them. — Helen Fisher Fashion 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 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 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 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 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
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 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 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 Copy Share Image
Mothers really were not built to raise babies not only by themselves, but with only a partner. For millions of years, a… — Helen Fisher Baby 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 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
From my studies of genetics and neuroscience I have come to believe that people fall into four broad personality types - each… — Helen Fisher 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 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 Copy Share Image
You fall in love with somebody who fits within what I call your 'love map,' an unconscious list of traits that you… — Helen Fisher Brain Copy Share Image
There were real reasons that you were attracted to somebody originally. The brain doesn't pick willy-nilly. Unless you part ways hating each… — Helen Fisher Copy Share Image
When you fight, anger drives up testosterone in both men and women. — Helen Fisher Anger 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
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
I can't conceive of caring more about my president than my own partner. — Helen Fisher Copy Share Image
A lot of people have been romantically in love with somebody who they feel wasn't appropriate to marry. — Helen Fisher 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
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 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 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 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 Copy Share Image
Kissing is not just kissing. It is a major escalation or de-escalation point in a powerful process of mate choice. — Helen Fisher Choice Copy Share Image
The only people you and I are likely to know in common are people in the news - politicians, journalists and celebrities. — Helen Fisher Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
We spend our lives trying to get along with people so we can keep our jobs, keep our marriages together, so that… — Helen Fisher Jobs Copy Share Image
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 Anxiety Copy Share Image
