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title: "4 People Investment Quotes by 4 authors"
description: "Browse 4 People Investment quotes by 4 authors. Discover the best People Investment sayings and thoughts."
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> [What is the single most important thing for a company? Is it the building? Is it the stock? Is it the turnover?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-gervais/what-is-the-single-most-important-thing-for-a-company-is-it-the/)

[Ricky Gervais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-gervais/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/159/ricky-gervais-851_building_what-is-the-single-most-important-thing_1606598.jpg)

> [To me it's incontrovertible that investment in people, investment in business, creates jobs; they don't destroy jobs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-pagliuca/to-me-it-s-incontrovertible-that-investment-in-people-investment-in/)

[Stephen Pagliuca](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-pagliuca/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a21/stephen-pagliuca-22316_business_to-me-it-s-incontrovertible-that-investm_2016220.jpg)

> [A one-time tax does not get figured into people's investment decisions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-daniels/a-one-time-tax-does-not-get-figured-into-people-s-investment-decisions/)

[Mitch Daniels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-daniels/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d33/mitch-daniels-11694_decision_a-one-time-tax-does-not-get-figured-into_2152866.png)

> [When we were young, there weren't very many smart people in the investment world. You should have seen the people in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-munger/when-we-were-young-there-weren-t-very-many-smart-people-in-the/)

[Charlie Munger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-munger/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f3/charlie-munger-458_advantage_when-we-were-young-there-weren-t-very-ma_2170298.jpg)

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