H. A. L. Fisher Quotes

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.

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.

I can't conceive of caring more about my president than my own partner.

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

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

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.

The human brain is built to compare; it's Darwinian to consider an alternative when one presents itself.

In courtship, who wins and who loses will determine who passes on their DNA to tomorrow.

I don’t think we’re an animal that was built to be happy; we are an animal that was built to reproduce.

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

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.

You know, when you've been dumped, the one thing you love to do is just forget about this human being, and then go on with your life - but no, you just love them harder.

Like most animals, we're wired to associate height with power.

Men don't need linguistic talent; they just need courage and words.

You size up someone physically in less than one second - too tall, too short, too fat, too thin, too old, too young, too stuffy, too scruffy.

If we remained perpetually infatuated, we couldn't eat, sleep or work.

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

Along with our many human propensities, we evolved a huge cerebral cortex with which we make decisions.

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

You don't come home from the office to spend time with another job. Hopefully you come home to someone you can have a good time with.

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.

It's almost as if men who get tribal tattoos are trying to signal that they are dangerous, they're to be respected, and they're powerful.

We all have restlessness in long-term relationships.

Women should not have to adopt masculine traits in order to succeed. You should be able to stay as a woman, and in tune with your femininity, and still be equal.

I have always felt comfortable tapping into my inner idiot.

In real life I'm obviously a lot more shy, but once I'm on set and in costume and I'm hidden behind the person I'm playing I feel quite free to experiment.

I still write. I'd love to write more trashy chick-lit. At the moment, I just re-write my own lines, which probably annoys most directors - though, thankfully not Adam Brooks!

I love 'Monty Python,' 'Black Adder,' 'Fawlty Towers'. I'm a huge fan of British comedy.

I love religions and find them fascinating, and I find Judaism very beautiful. It's enriched my life enormously.

I have a side of me that doesn't care. I really enjoy physical comedy, thinking of an idea and pitching it to the director.

I love acting, love it. It's the greatest fun in the world. I've never had trouble feeling extremely grateful.

Growing up, there wasn't much emphasis on being nice or naughty. As a family, there wasn't much discipline. It was more relaxed at home, which I'm grateful for.

I usually go into a store with a mission. My idea of a fun thing to do would not be to go to a mall and shopping.

I think kissing scenes always feel awkward but there's just no way around it. But it's a part of the job.

My name is actually quite a popular name in Scotland. People elsewhere always think it's far more exotic than it is. In Scotland, it's a common name.

I don't really watch many heist movies. Actually, I have quite eclectic tastes but I tend to watch just foreign films.

I never had the chutzpah to just come to L.A. and make it. I didn't have that confidence. I'm always surprised when I get a job.

I find weddings really boring. They give speeches, your aunt kisses you on the cheek, and you're at a boring table. But it's different when it's your own.

I don't like junk food, just because I don't like the taste of it, but I don't go to the gym - ever.

Being a mother is by far my greatest accomplishment.

Family is 100 per cent my top priority.

I breastfed both my kids for two years so, you know it was very tiring emotionally and physically.

I do consider myself to be a feminist.

In Hollywood, you feel a responsibility to look less disheveled than you are. But I'm a mom, and I'm not good at putting time into prepping.

I think all married couples tend to run things by each other in every capacity and we're not different to them.

GE is falling under the same cloud of the market as a whole. Investors are not focused on the positives that are occurring like corporate profitability.

The phrase "corporate identity design" seems to be a bit exclusive it sometimes frightens the smaller client who can't relate because they don't consider themselves "corporate."

A successful solution to the client's design needs requires a collaboration of my skills, talents and knowledge with the client's information base, history in their industry and personality.

I guess when we're happy, it's easier to go with the flow, and when that happiness or joy is interrupted, that's when we get contemplative and break out the guitar or pen and write about it.