Mikhail Kalashnikov Quotes

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.

Man keeps inventing things all the time.

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 trying to perform as best as possible. I was a boy at the time, but worked well with the sickle.

I was probably born with some designing abilities.

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.

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.