Helen Fisher Quotes & Sayings (Page 7)

“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.”

“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.”

“Once you fall for someone, their smell can be a powerful thing. Women will wear their boyfriends' T-shirts, and throughout tales in history men have held on to their lover's handkerchief.”

“There are cognitive processes and limbic reactions associated with basic emotions. And you can change brain chemistry, but you're still not going to change memories and experiences in a human being.”

“You can be instantly scared. You can be instantly happy. So why can't you be instantly romantically in love? I think when it happens, it's because you are ready to fall in love.”

“Most of us make up our minds in the first three minutes of meeting someone whether there's a potential for a relationship.”

“Globalization requires taking a broad contextual and long-term view.”

“I think romantic love evolved to enable you to focus your mating energy on just one individual at a time, thereby conserving mating time and energy.”

“Men tend to be hierarchical, but women are driven to make lateral connections so they can cooperate.”

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