Quotes from Helen Fisher

I've always maintained that men were more romantic than women.

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.

You've got to remember that men are men and women are women. And although a lot of similarities, there are some real differences.

As women in industrial societies join the paid workforce, they gain the economic means to depart unhappy marriages more easily.

Women spend their lives trying to look good for men. So a woman who feels she's sending the right visual signals is pleased with herself.

When you fight, anger drives up testosterone in both men and women.

Women apparently are quite drawn to men who have differences rather than similarities in their histocompatibility system. They pick it up by smell, and they can pick it up from kissing.

Touch is the mother of the senses. Not only are women more sensitive when they touch, but they're also more sensitive to being touched.

Scientists know that women gravitate to men who have a different immune system from theirs.

Women, it turns out, are built to lead - particularly in the modern world.

Today, American women bear an average of 2.2 children that live to adulthood. Across most of Europe, women bear even fewer young.

Women are naturally prone to compete over their mates.

As societies continue to loosen their standards regarding what is appropriate female and male behavior, I think we are going to realize we have not only underestimated women, but also men.

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.

As a group, anthropologists are not too fond of people who work in the business world.

After a man falls madly in love, he no longer cares how old she is.

There's all kinds of reasons that you fall in love with one person rather than another: Timing is important. Proximity is important. Mystery is important. You fall in love with somebody who's somewhat mysterious, in part because mystery elevates dopamine in the brain, probably pushes you over that threshold to fall in love.

A world without love is a deadly place.

Romantic love is an addiction: a perfectly wonderful addiction when it's going well, and a perfectly horrible addiction when it's going poorly.

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.

Romantic love is an obsession. It possesses you. You lose your sense of self. You can't stop thinking about another human being.

Millions of years ago, we evolved three basic drives: the sex drive, romantic love and attachment to a long-term partner. These circuits are deeply embedded in the human brain. They're going to survive as long as our species survives.

[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.

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.