Mikhail Kalashnikov Quotes

I tried a dozen different modifications that were rejected. But they all served as a path to the final design.
Mikhail Kalashnikov

Design, Different, Path

Life can make you do many things, even kiss a man with a runny nose.
Mikhail Kalashnikov

Life, Kiss, Nose

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.
Mikhail Kalashnikov

Wanted, Though, Run

The negative side is that sometimes it is beyond control.
Mikhail Kalashnikov

Control, Negative, Sometimes

I'm proud of my invention, but I'm sad that it is used by terrorists.
Mikhail Kalashnikov

Sad, Proud, Used

Life is composed of different inventions.
Mikhail Kalashnikov

Life, Different, Inventions

We had grain but no mills, so I designed a special mill of wood so we could make flour.
Mikhail Kalashnikov

Special, Wood, Mill

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.
Mikhail Kalashnikov

Work, Home, Different

I had to gain experience as I did not have a technical education.
Mikhail Kalashnikov

Education, Experience, Gain

I made it to protect the motherland.
Mikhail Kalashnikov

Protect, Motherland

I shot with it a lot. I still do now. That is why I am hard of hearing.
Mikhail Kalashnikov

Hard, Why, Shot

I was probably born with some designing abilities.
Mikhail Kalashnikov

Born, Designing

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

Time, Best, Trying

Man keeps inventing things all the time.
Mikhail Kalashnikov

Time, Inventing, Keeps

Terrorists also want to use simple and reliable arms.
Mikhail Kalashnikov

Simple, Terrorists, Reliable

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Biography

Nationality: Russian

Born: November 10, 1919

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