Author: Mikhail Kalashnikov

Quotes

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

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

- Mikhail Kalashnikov

Life is composed of different inventions.

Life is composed of different inventions.

- Mikhail Kalashnikov

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

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

- Mikhail Kalashnikov

Any designer believes his gun is the best, and when its test performance is a bit less impressive compared to others, he feels bitterness and envy.

Any designer believes his gun is the best, and when its test performance is a bit less impressive compared to others, he feels bitterness and envy.

- Mikhail Kalashnikov

Life is composed of different inventions. 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.

Life is composed of different inventions. 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.

- Mikhail Kalashnikov

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

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

- Mikhail Kalashnikov

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

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

- Mikhail Kalashnikov

The fact that people die because of an AK-47 is not because of the designer, but because of politics.

The fact that people die because of an AK-47 is not because of the designer, but because of politics.

- Mikhail Kalashnikov

Man keeps inventing things all the time.

Man keeps inventing things all the time.

- Mikhail Kalashnikov

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