# Aviation quote?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aviation-quote/331955>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 20, 2005, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aviation-quote/331955 "2005-11-20T17:39:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aviation-quote/331955/1 "2005-11-20T17:39:38Z")

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Who said the following (possibly paraphrased)?

God does not count against Man’s time on Earth, those hours spent in the sky.

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**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aviation-quote/331955/2 "2005-11-20T17:47:11Z")

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Well, I couldn’t find it on [www.skygod.com](http://www.skygod.com)

It sure sounds familar…

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aviation-quote/331955/3 "2005-11-20T18:06:05Z")

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> [@Broomstick](#):
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> It sure sounds familar…

I got my sig from _Wartime Writings_. At least, that’s where I _think_ I got it. I may have read the quote in the OP there. But then I think that I may have seen it on an aviation poster or a bumper sticker.

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**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aviation-quote/331955/4 "2005-11-20T18:16:48Z")

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I’m pretty sure that something very similar was said by the author of your signature quote, though IIRC he was paraphrasing Isaak Walton, who originally said it of fishing.

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**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aviation-quote/331955/5 "2005-11-20T18:34:41Z")

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I’ve always heard that quote attributed to St. Exupéry.

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**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aviation-quote/331955/6 "2005-11-20T18:48:24Z")

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It’s also said about golf:  
[http://www.pubsignshop.com/page/P/PROD/pds-355](http://www.pubsignshop.com/page/P/PROD/pds-355)

Its such a widespread phrase, said about so many different things that I doubt it’s possible to pin it to a specific origin.