The first requisite for the happiness of the people is the abolition of religion.
If the first requisite for writing well about food is a good appetite, the second is to put in your apprenticeship as a feeder when you have enough money to pay the check but not enough to produce indifference of the total.
One hundred religious persons knit into a unity by careful organizations do not constitute a church any more than eleven dead men make a football team. The first requisite is life, always.
It is my deliberate opinion that the one essential requisite of human welfare in all ways is scientific knowledge of human nature.
Written in 1895, Alfred Nobel's will endowed prizes for scientific research in chemistry, physics, and medicine. At that time, these fields were narrowly defined, and researchers were often classically trained in only one discipline. In the late 19th century, knowledge of science was not a requisite for success in other walks of life.
The first requisite of a good citizen in this republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing to pull his own weight.
Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.
It is requisite for the relaxation of the mind that we make use, from time to time, of playful deeds and jokes.
The primary requisite for writing well about food is a good appetite. Without this, it is impossible to accumulate, within the allotted span, enough experience of eating to have anything worth setting down.
Little else is requisite to carry a state to the highest degree of opulence from the lowest barbarism but peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice: all the rest being brought about by the natural course of things.