Quotes by Mikhail Kalashnikov

• I wanted to invent an engine that could run for ever. I could have developed a new train, had I stayed in the railway. It would have looked like the AK-47 though.
• Man keeps inventing things all the time.
• We had grain but no mills, so I designed a special mill of wood so we could make flour.
• The negative side is that sometimes it is beyond control.
• Terrorists also want to use simple and reliable arms.
• Life is composed of different inventions.
• Life can make you do many things, even kiss a man with a runny nose.
• I'm proud of my invention, but I'm sad that it is used by terrorists.
• I was probably born with some designing abilities.
• I tried a dozen different modifications that were rejected. But they all served as a path to the final design.
• I shot with it a lot. I still do now. That is why I am hard of hearing.
• I made it to protect the motherland.
• I have continued to work at different things, and rebuilt my home all by myself. I did it for the sake of satisfaction at doing something. I did it because I happened to be where I was.
• I had to gain experience as I did not have a technical education.
• I was trying to perform as best as possible. I was a boy at the time, but worked well with the sickle.