--- title: "8 Life Peter Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 8 Life Peter quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Life Peter sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12d/carter-lindberg-82403_history_we-are-like-dwarfs-standing-on-the-shoul_343347.jpg" --- > [“We are like dwarfs standing on the shoulders of giants; thanks to them, we see farther than they. Busying ourselves with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carter-lindberg/we-are-like-dwarfs-standing-on-the-shoulders-of-giants-thanks-to-them/) [Carter Lindberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carter-lindberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12d/carter-lindberg-82403_history_we-are-like-dwarfs-standing-on-the-shoul_343347.jpg) > [Peter Norman is a humanitarian, and I say "is" because in my life, Peter Norman is never deceased. He's always going to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-carlos/peter-norman-is-a-humanitarian-and-i-say-is-because-in-my-life-peter/) [John Carlos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-carlos/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/89d/john-carlos-16923_deceased_peter-norman-is-a-humanitarian-and-i-say_598607.jpg) > [“The only thing the sport gives us are moments. But what the hell is life, Peter, apart from moments?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fredrik-backman/the-only-thing-the-sport-gives-us-are-moments-but-what-the-hell-is/) [Fredrik Backman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fredrik-backman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82a/fredrik-backman-857_life_the-only-thing-the-sport-gives-us-are-mo_850040.jpg) > [“You know your father, God rest his soul... Your father had a philosophy the he held to pretty strongly. And it's one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-michael-bendis/you-know-your-father-god-rest-his-soul-your-father-had-a-philosophy/) [Brian Michael Bendis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-michael-bendis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ae/brian-michael-bendis-9912_father_you-know-your-father-god-rest-his-soul-y_1400149.jpg) > [“And for the first time in his life Peter understood what the opposite of lost was: that it had nothing to do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-e-smith/and-for-the-first-time-in-his-life-peter-understood-what-the-opposite/) [Jennifer E. Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-e-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/015/jennifer-e-smith-1454_first-time_and-for-the-first-time-in-his-life-peter_1461479.jpg) > [“But what the hell is life, Peter, apart from moments?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fredrik-backman/but-what-the-hell-is-life-peter-apart-from-moments/) [Fredrik Backman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fredrik-backman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/825/fredrik-backman-857_life_but-what-the-hell-is-life-peter-apart-fr_1966549.jpg) > [“In a life filled with great good fortune of health, of creativity, of friends, living in safety and privilege with the loving…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-penny/in-a-life-filled-with-great-good-fortune-of-health-of-creativity-of/) [Louise Penny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-penny/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3a/louise-penny-1059_creativity_in-a-life-filled-with-great-good-fortune_2173775.png) > [“So many times I think to myself that if Christians ever learned to live the kind of life Peter described, we would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/so-many-times-i-think-to-myself-that-if-christians-ever-learned-to/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0fe/anonymous-1_christianity_so-many-times-i-think-to-myself-that-if_2213680.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life-peter/#itemlist", "name": "Life Peter Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“We are like dwarfs standing on the shoulders of giants; thanks to them, we see farther than they. 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