Helen Fisher quotes - page 5

You can get into a very fancy car and know everything about the engine, but when you drive in that car, you feel that rush. In the same way, I think the more you know about love, the more you can enjoy it. And knowing about your personality type, who you are and what kind of person you're dealing with gives you a great leg up. (Helen Fisher)
When chimps threaten, they open their mouth and show their teeth. It's a little like waving a knife in front of you. It's very primitive, and therefore bizarre. View quote
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A hundred years ago, if you had a child out of marriage, you'd be a social disgrace. Today women feel comfortable enough economically and culturally to bring up a child without a recognized commitment from a man. View quote
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The brain was not built to walk into a bar, where you know nobody, and start a conversation. That's not the way humanity has courted. View quote
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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. View quote
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You've got to remember that men are men and women are women. And although a lot of similarities, there are some real differences. View quote
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People live for love. They kill for love. They die for love. They have songs, poems, novels, sculptures, paintings, myths, legends. It's one of the most powerful brain systems on Earth for both great joy and great sorrow. View quote
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Romantic love is an obsession. It possesses you. You lose your sense of self. You can't stop thinking about another human being. View quote
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A world without love is a deadly place. View quote
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Romantic love is one of the most addictive substances on Earth. View quote
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The main characteristics of romantic love are craving: an intense craving to be with a particular person, not just sexually, but emotionally. (Helen Fisher)
Romantic love is not an emotion. ... It's a drive. It comes from the motor of the mind, the wanting part of the mind, the craving part of the mind. View quote
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Romantic love is an addiction: a perfectly wonderful addiction when it's going well, and a perfectly horrible addiction when it's going poorly. View quote
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Neither gender is routinely more jealous - although women are more willing to work to win back a lover, while men tend to flaunt their money and status and are more likely to walk out to protect their self-esteem or save face. View quote
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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. View quote
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What our grandmothers told us about playing hard to get is true. The whole point of the game is to impress and capture. It's not about honesty. Many men and women, when they're playing the courtship game, deceive so they can win. Novelty, excitement and danger drive up dopamine in the brain. And both sexes brag. View quote
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Women have never been as interesting as they are now. Not at any time on this planet have women been so educated, so interesting, so capable. View quote
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Men are so visual, they see a woman who appeals to them physically, and it will trigger the romantic love system faster. View quote
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Romantic love is an addiction. View quote
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[Women] tend to collect more pieces of data when they think, put them into more complex patterns, see more options and outcomes. They tend to be contextual, holistic thinkers. View quote
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It's in our genes, we were built to wander. (Helen Fisher)
I don't think we're an animal that was built to be happy; we are an animal that was built to reproduce. View quote
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High heels can literally raise your status because you're taller when you wear them. View quote
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We are lied to by our love songs. View quote
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Women's worst invention was the plow. With the beginning of plow agriculture, men's roles became extremely powerful. Women lost their ancient jobs as collectors. View quote
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