251 Quotes by helen fisher

When people tell you to walk a certain way, it’s like not thinking of a purple tomato. You can’t not do it.

Hair that looks like it’s been naturally sun-bleached makes you seem youthful, like you spend a lot of time outdoors. And that appeals to most people.

I can’t conceive of caring more about my president than my own partner.

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 allows the woman to be wooed and appreciated and the man to be challenged and intrigued.

Women like signs of money and education – things that indicate that not only is this guy going to have some resources, but he’s also willing to share them.

We’re not very dangerous animals; we don’t have a horn like a rhino or quills like a porcupine.

Men with high baseline levels of testosterone marry less frequently, have more adulterous affairs, commit more spousal abuse, and divorce more often. As a man’s marriage becomes less stable, his levels of testosterone rise. With divorce, his testosterone levels rise even more. And single men tend to have higher levels of testosterone than married men.65 The.

Both sexes like the exercise and challenge of sports, but for men it’s also a basic display behavior for impressing and winning a mate.

You have to choose between the past and the present, and there really is no choice, Faye, it’s a no-brainer. You can’t live in both, and if you don’t choose between the past and the present, then one day that choice may be made for you, and you may not like the way it goes.