Helen Fisher Quotes (141 quotes)

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„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.“
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„When somebody leaves Match.com or Chemistry.com, they ask you why you left. One box you can check is, 'I found somebody.' Between 15 and 20 percent of people check that box.“
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„More and more of us live segmented, compartmentalized lives. This isn't natural. For millions of years, our forebears knew everyone around them and everyone knew them.“
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„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.“
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„You fall in love with somebody who fits within what I call your 'love map,' an unconscious list of traits that you build in childhood as you grow up. And I also think that you gravitate to certain people, actually, with somewhat complementary brain systems.“
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„I think that property is very important in this day and age. It defines you; you worked hard to get it. It's meaningful to you, and when you divorce, a lot of people have a lot of battles over their property for good reasons.“
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„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.“
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„Young women today do not marry the men they met in high school, or even the one they go out with at college, because they do not need to.“
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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.“
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„We're not very dangerous animals; we don't have a horn like a rhino or quills like a porcupine.“
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„We spend our lives trying to get along with people so we can keep our jobs, keep our marriages together, so that we can raise our kids properly.“
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„Today, American women bear an average of 2.2 children that live to adulthood. Across most of Europe, women bear even fewer young.“
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„There's every reason to think SSRIs blunt your ability to fall and stay in love.“
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„The women's movement is just a symptom of basic changes in the economy that are favoring women.“
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„Since when is anyone truly honest with anyone?“
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„Scientists know that women gravitate to men who have a different immune system from theirs.“
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„Real competition can drive up testosterone, which boosts libido.“
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„People have been looking for love potions since hunter-gatherer societies.“
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„Office romances are few, short, and not usually destructive.“
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„Men and women are like two feet; they can help each other get ahead.“
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Helen Fisher
Author born: November 30, 1946
Nationality: American
Author Profession: Scientist

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