Top 120 Helen Fisher Quotes (2024 Update)
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101. “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.”

— Helen Fisher

102. “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.”

— Helen Fisher

103. “Men couldn’t care less if your strands are perfectly styled and neat. In fact, he might like you more with some wildness or bedhead, since it shows you’re carefree and relaxed.”

— Helen Fisher

104. “If two very different people pool their DNA, they’ll create more genetic variety, and their young will come to the job of parenting with a wider array of skills.”

— Helen Fisher

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

— Helen Fisher

106. “Despite the myth that men are less committed, they are predisposed to desire marriage.”

— Helen Fisher

107. “Any time you choose not to hide your tattoo, you’re limiting your social sphere, because they’re not popular in big business.”

— Helen Fisher

108. “The reverse can also happen: as a man becomes more and more attached to his family, levels of testosterone can decline. In fact, at the birth of a child, expectant fathers experience a significant decline in levels of testosterone.66 Even when a man holds a baby, levels of testosterone decrease. This.”

— Helen Fisher

109. “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.”

— Helen Fisher

110. “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.”

— Helen Fisher

111. “Women, it turns out, are built to lead – particularly in the modern world.”

— Helen Fisher

112. “We still have community, but we don’t seem to have local community. Even in a small town where you know your neighbors and your mother’s down the street, they’re not in arm’s length.”

— Helen Fisher

113. “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.”

— Helen Fisher

114. “The human brain is built to compare; it’s Darwinian to consider an alternative when one presents itself.”

— Helen Fisher

115. “A woman of 40 or 50 or 60 can take estrogen replacements, get facelifts, spend her money in bars.”

— Helen Fisher

116. “Women are naturally prone to compete over their mates.”

— Helen Fisher

117. “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.”

— Helen Fisher

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

— Helen Fisher

119. “A lot of people have been romantically in love with somebody who they feel wasn’t appropriate to marry.”

— Helen Fisher

120. “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.”

— Helen Fisher

121. “There is more and more data indicating that there is a biological basis to your political views.”

— Helen Fisher

122. “There’s a lot of talk about the positive aspects of love. We as a society downplay the danger, the anxiety, and the disappointment. We romanticize romance.”

— Helen Fisher

123. “In general, men are wired to notice obvious signs that convey interest in mating – a warm smile, for example – and ignore other subtleties, like if your lipstick is faded.”

— Helen Fisher

124. “We all have restlessness in long-term relationships.”

— Helen Fisher

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

— Helen Fisher

126. “Scientists are beginning to pinpoint the brain regions that become active when one feels fusion with a “higher power,” such as God.36 Perhaps this brain region is also involved in love.”

— Helen Fisher

127. “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.”

— Helen Fisher

128. “People compose poetry, novels, sitcoms – for love.”

— Helen Fisher

129. “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.”

— Helen Fisher

130. “What about your past? How often would you travel there, given the chance? Often? Never? And when you got there, would you think about staying forever?”

— Helen Fisher

131. “Never ignore for yourself the advice you give to others. Especially if you know you’re right.”

— Helen Fisher

132. “Because Explorers are so spontaneous, they can be unpredictable and unreliable. And their curiosity can override their sense of responsibility.”

— Helen Fisher

133. “Women have a better sense of smell than men do, and it’s even sharper in the middle of their menstrual cycle, when estrogen levels peak and women are more likely to be deciding whether a man’s attractive.”

— Helen Fisher