--- title: "12 Flight Quotes By Antoine de Saint-Exupéry" description: "12 Flight quotes by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. Plus more from Antoine de Saint-Exupéry and more Flight sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ae/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry-174_astronomy_a-sky-as-pure-as-water-bathed-the-stars_2762681.png" --- > [A sky as pure as water bathed the stars and brought them out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/a-sky-as-pure-as-water-bathed-the-stars-and-brought-them-out/) [Antoine de Saint-Exupery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ae/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry-174_astronomy_a-sky-as-pure-as-water-bathed-the-stars_2762681.png) > [“It is a matter of life and death for us; for the lead we gain by day on ships and railways is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/it-is-a-matter-of-life-and-death-for-us-for-the-lead-we-gain-by-day/) [Antoine de Saint-Exupéry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/112/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry-174_business_it-is-a-matter-of-life-and-death-for-us_217007.png) > [It is not a question of living dangerously. That formula is too arrogant, too presumptuous. I don't care much for bull-fighters. It's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/it-is-not-a-question-of-living-dangerously-that-formula-is-too/) [Antoine de Saint-Exupery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73c/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry-174_arrogant_it-is-not-a-question-of-living-dangerous_264622.png) > [Navigating by the compass in a sea of clouds over Spain is all very well, it is very dashing, but - you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/navigating-by-the-compass-in-a-sea-of-clouds-over-spain-is-all-very/) [Antoine de Saint-Exupery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d7/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry-174_aviation_navigating-by-the-compass-in-a-sea-of-cl_2162328.png) > [“A single radio post still heard him. The only link between him and the world was a wave of music, a minor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/a-single-radio-post-still-heard-him-the-only-link-between-him-and-the/) [Antoine de Saint-Exupéry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ba/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry-174_connection_a-single-radio-post-still-heard-him-the_2999168.png) > [The magic of the craft has opened for me a world in which I shall confront, within two hours, the black dragons…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/the-magic-of-the-craft-has-opened-for-me-a-world-in-which-i-shall/) [Antoine de Saint-Exupery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/891/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry-174_aviation_the-magic-of-the-craft-has-opened-for-me_3128273.jpg) > [You'll be bothered from time to time by storms, fog, snow. When you are, think of those who went through it before…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/you-ll-be-bothered-from-time-to-time-by-storms-fog-snow-when-you-are-3/) [Antoine de Saint-Exupery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/266/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry-174_aviation_you-ll-be-bothered-from-time-to-time-by_2007062.png) > [My senses of space, of distance, and of direction entirely vanished. When I looked for the ground I sometimes looked down, sometimes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/my-senses-of-space-of-distance-and-of-direction-entirely-vanished/) [Antoine de Saint-Exupery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09a/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry-174_aviation_my-senses-of-space-of-distance-and-of-di_1576892.jpg) > [We are all youthful barbarians, and only our new toys bring us excitement. That has been the sole purpose of our flights.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/we-are-all-youthful-barbarians-and-only-our-new-toys-bring-us/) [Antoine de Saint-Exupery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e86/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry-174_aviation_we-are-all-youthful-barbarians-and-only_1190961.jpg) > [So the crew fly on with no thought that they are in motion. Like night over the sea, they are very far…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/so-the-crew-fly-on-with-no-thought-that-they-are-in-motion-like-night/) [Antoine de Saint-Exupery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c94/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry-174_airports_so-the-crew-fly-on-with-no-thought-that_609742.jpg) > [I don't understand these people anymore, that travel the commuter-trains to their dormitory towns. These people that call themselves human, but, by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/i-don-t-understand-these-people-anymore-that-travel-the-commuter/) [Antoine de Saint-Exupery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/97f/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry-174_ants_i-don-t-understand-these-people-anymore_2830430.png) > [The job has its grandeurs, yes. There is the exultation of arriving safely after a storm, the joy of gliding down out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/the-job-has-its-grandeurs-yes-there-is-the-exultation-of-arriving/) [Antoine de Saint-Exupery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/458/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry-174_airports_the-job-has-its-grandeurs-yes-there-is-t_1090582.jpg) ## Other authors on Flight ## More by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry > [“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/if-you-want-to-build-a-ship-don-t-drum-up-the-men-to-gather-wood/) [Antoine de Saint-Exupéry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/) > [A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/a-rock-pile-ceases-to-be-a-rock-pile-the-moment-a-single-man/) [Antoine de Saint-Exupery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/) > [Treason implies responsibility for something, control over something, influence upon something, knowledge of something. Treason in our time is a proof of genius. Why,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/treason-implies-responsibility-for-something-control-over-something/) [Antoine de Saint-Exupery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/) > [“perfection is finally attained not when there is no longer anything to add, but when there is no longer anything to take away”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/perfection-is-finally-attained-not-when-there-is-no-longer-anything/) [Antoine de Saint-Exupéry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/) > [“But for fear of disheartening them, we also spoke to them of disappointments and the bitter taste that rest has after a useless action.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/but-for-fear-of-disheartening-them-we-also-spoke-to-them-of/) [Antoine de Saint-Exupéry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/) > [“If you come at four in the afternoon, I'll begin to be happy by three.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/if-you-come-at-four-in-the-afternoon-i-ll-begin-to-be-happy-by-three/) [Antoine de Saint-Exupéry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/) > [Once we are bound together to our brothers by a common good that is outside us, then we can breathe. Experience teaches us that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/once-we-are-bound-together-to-our-brothers-by-a-common-good-that-is/) [Antoine de Saint-Exupery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/) > [“The stars are beautiful, because of a flower that cannot be seen.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/the-stars-are-beautiful-because-of-a-flower-that-cannot-be-seen/) [Antoine de Saint-Exupéry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/) > [“You are beautiful but you are empty. One could not die for you”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/you-are-beautiful-but-you-are-empty-one-could-not-die-for-you/) [Antoine de Saint-Exupéry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/) > [“And the fox said to the little prince: men have forgotten this truth, but you must not forget it. You become responsible, forever, for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/and-the-fox-said-to-the-little-prince-men-have-forgotten-this-truth/) [Antoine de Saint-Exupery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/) > [And now here is my secret, a very simple secret; it is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/and-now-here-is-my-secret-a-very-simple-secret-it-is-only-with-the/) [Antoine de Saint-Exupery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/) > [Flying is a man's job and its worries are a man's worries.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/flying-is-a-man-s-job-and-its-worries-are-a-man-s-worries/) [Antoine de Saint-Exupery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/) > [“You are not at all like my rose," he said. "As yet you are nothing. No one has tamed you, and you have tamed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/you-are-not-at-all-like-my-rose-he-said-as-yet-you-are-nothing-no-one/) [Antoine de Saint-Exupéry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/) > [Loneliness is bred of a mind that has grown earth-bound.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/loneliness-is-bred-of-a-mind-that-has-grown-earth-bound/) [Antoine de Saint-Exupery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/) > [“Stretched out before the fire I looked at the glowing fruit and said to myself that men did not know what an orange was.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/stretched-out-before-the-fire-i-looked-at-the-glowing-fruit-and-said/) [Antoine de Saint-Exupéry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/flight/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/#itemlist", "name": "12 Flight Quotes By Antoine de Saint-Exupéry", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A sky as pure as water bathed the stars and brought them out.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Antoine de Saint-Exupéry" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/a-sky-as-pure-as-water-bathed-the-stars-and-brought-them-out/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ae/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry-174_astronomy_a-sky-as-pure-as-water-bathed-the-stars_2762681.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ae/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry-174_astronomy_a-sky-as-pure-as-water-bathed-the-stars_2762681.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ae/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry-174_astronomy_a-sky-as-pure-as-water-bathed-the-stars_2762681.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A sky as pure as water bathed the stars and brought them out.” — Antoine de Saint-Exupery", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“It is a matter of life and death for us; for the lead we gain by day on ships and railways is lost each night.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Antoine de Saint-Exupéry" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/it-is-a-matter-of-life-and-death-for-us-for-the-lead-we-gain-by-day/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/112/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry-174_business_it-is-a-matter-of-life-and-death-for-us_217007.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/112/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry-174_business_it-is-a-matter-of-life-and-death-for-us_217007.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/112/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry-174_business_it-is-a-matter-of-life-and-death-for-us_217007.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It is a matter of life and death for us; for the lead we gain by day on ships and railways is lost each night.” — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It is not a question of living dangerously. 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Ah! la la!", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Antoine de Saint-Exupéry" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/my-senses-of-space-of-distance-and-of-direction-entirely-vanished/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09a/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry-174_aviation_my-senses-of-space-of-distance-and-of-di_1576892.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09a/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry-174_aviation_my-senses-of-space-of-distance-and-of-di_1576892.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09a/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry-174_aviation_my-senses-of-space-of-distance-and-of-di_1576892.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“My senses of space, of distance, and of direction entirely vanished. 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