H. A. L. Fisher Quotes

Kissing is not just kissing. It is a major escalation or de-escalation point in a powerful process of mate choice.

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

I wanted to do an episode about Chuck having a gambling problem. I wanted to portray my addiction on the show. But I think it's a little edgy for Saturday night.

It got a little boring I guess, playing the same note over and over.

I have the ability, occasionally, of being able to step out and see who you think I could end up being. And I like to play with that.

I am a spy in the house of me. I report back from the front lines of the battle that is me. I am somewhat nonplused by the event that is my life.

Sometimes I feel like I've got my nose pressed up against the window of a bakery, only I'm the bread.

The essence of war is violence. Moderation in war is imbecility.

I guess high verbal skills are highest in my list of necessary qualifications for a man - for anyone actually. I like to talk. And I don't necessarily move far, but I move fast.

My fear is that I will be crushed in an elevator and my mother will get hold of my journals from my adolescence.

Actors may know how to act, but a lot of them don't know how to behave.

I envy people who have the capacity to sit with another human being and find them endlessly interesting, I would rather watch TV. Of course this becomes eventually known to the other person.

No, as it turns out, I really like being congratulated on my weight loss. I like it so much, it's tragic.

A lot of the time, I'm just smart enough to be unhappy.

The Highways of America are built chiefly of politics, whereas the proper material is crushed rock or concrete.

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.

Men have a psychological need to show off their courage and strength. When he sees you talking to another guy, that instinct kicks in and he jumps to protect you and prove he's worthy of your love.

I don't believe in depriving myself of any food or being imprisoned by a diet.

Natural beauty really entices men. They will tell you this time and time again, and studies consistently prove it.

Painting, it is true, was undergoing a series of -isms reminiscent of the whims of a pregnant woman.

Romantic love is an addiction.

Women hold all the power. They should use it like a whip, not offer it up like a sacrifice.

When you're in the throes of this romantic love, it's overwhelming - you're out of control, you're irrational, you're going to the gym at 6 A.M. every day - Why? Because she's there.

Until recently, we regarded love as supernatural. We were willing to study the brain chemistry of fear and depression and anger but not love.

I consider biennial elections as a security that the sober, second thought of the people shall be law.

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.

Men are so visual, they see a woman who appeals to them physically, and it will trigger the romantic love system faster.

At first I assumed hate was the opposite of love. But it isn't. The opposite of love is indifference.

Who knows whether in retirement I shall be tempted to the last infirmity of mundane minds, which is to write a book.

The long and distressing controversy over capital punishment is very unfair to anyone meditating murder.

In cities no one is quiet but many are lonely; in the country, people are quiet but few are lonely.

And TV is not the easiest place to be dangerous or on the edge. Especially on a Saturday night.

But I used to have a bit of a gambling problem. And that would have been the answer to my prayers. It got worse when I started playing this character, too.

Generally someone will eventually tell you that you have to do something to help yourself.

Never love for me, only obsession. Someone has to stand still for you to love them. My choices are always on the run.

The source of my power and strength is God, and I know it, without a shadow of a doubt.

What is life, but one long risk?

Of course I miss [drugs]. And anyone who tells you they don't is lying.

There is no human relationship more intimate than that of nurse and patient, one in which the essentials of character are more rawly revealed.

Taking somebody's sacrifices is like taking counterfeit money. You're only the poorer.

I would rather not watch myself in movies. I enjoy the experience, but I won't really see the film until they're on cable deep on into my life so I can pretend it's someone else at another time.

If you look at the person that someone chooses to have a relationship with, you'll see what they think of themselves.

If you're manic-depressive and you're functioning in this world and doing it all well, I think, wow, you should be proud of being able to say, this is what I'm getting through right now.

When you look at the brain regions associated with picking up data from the body, a huge amount of the brain is devoted to picking up information from the lips and tongue.

That can never be reasoned down which was not reasoned up.

Why then, if these new books for children must be retained, as they will be, should not the Bible regain the place it once held as a school book ?

Time never fails to bring every exalted reputation to a strict scrutiny.

I've never met a deadline I couldn't miss. I make sure my editors know this.

A government by the passions of the multitude, or, no less correctly, according to the vices, and ambitions of their leaders is a democracy.

Technology changing the world so quickly. I think it's even more difficult for older people to keep up in the world. And that's a challenge.