Helen Fisher
Helen Fisher
Helen E. Fisher is an American anthropologist, human behavior researcher, and self-help author. She is a biological anthropologist, is a Senior Research Fellow, at The Kinsey Institute, Indiana University, and a Member of the Center For Human Evolutionary Studies in the Department of Anthropology at Rutgers University. Prior to Rutgers University, she was a research associate at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth31 May 1945
CountryUnited States of America
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.
I have always been interested in how you can walk into a room and there will be 40 people there and you are immediately drawn to one.
People kill for love. They die for love.
A lot of people head into courtship looking for fireworks. Don't pass up a chance by dumping someone after a first date because you don't feel the fireworks. The fireworks can happen at any time and be maintained.
A lot of people have been romantically in love with somebody who they feel wasn't appropriate to marry.
As a group, anthropologists are not too fond of people who work in the business world.
Hair that looks like it's been naturally sun-bleached makes you seem youthful, like you spend a lot of time outdoors. And that appeals to most people.
Good-looking people are always looking for other good-looking people.
When people tell you to walk a certain way, it's like not thinking of a purple tomato. You can't not do it.
People compose poetry, novels, sitcoms - for love.
People have been looking for love potions since hunter-gatherer societies.
The only people you and I are likely to know in common are people in the news - politicians, journalists and celebrities.
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.
Why do we feel jealousy? Therapists often regard the demon as a scar of childhood trauma or a symptom of a psychological problem. And it's true that people who feel inadequate, insecure, or overly dependent tend to be more jealous than others.