251 Quotes by helen fisher

There were real reasons that you were attracted to somebody originally. The brain doesn’t pick willy-nilly. Unless you part ways hating each other for some reason, that mechanism could get triggered again. You can literally fall in love again.

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

From my studies of genetics and neuroscience I have come to believe that people fall into four broad personality types – each influenced by a different brain chemical: I call them the Explorer, Builder, Director, and Negotiator.

I am large, I contain multitudes. – WALT WHITMAN.

Most of us make up our minds in the first three minutes of meeting someone whether there’s a potential for a relationship.

Liberals and conservatives are looking for entirely different things. Their attitudes toward romance and how they court are really dramatically different. There’s almost no overlap.

The only people you and I are likely to know in common are people in the news – politicians, journalists and celebrities.

It’s almost as if men who get tribal tattoos are trying to signal that they are dangerous, they’re to be respected, and they’re powerful.

Whether you’re married or not, relationships – and the satisfaction tied to them – are extremely important for increasing men’s and women’s quality of life.