Mikhail Kalashnikov Quotes

Quotations and aphorisms by Mikhail Kalashnikov:

I was probably born with some designing abilities.
~Mikhail Kalashnikov


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/mikhail-kalashnikov-quotes/#b45b8deb

For years, I had a top secret clearance and never left Russia. Just once did I go to Bulgaria with my wife for a holiday at the Golden Sands resort, but I could not mention my real name. I was allowed to travel abroad only in the early 1990s.
~Mikhail Kalashnikov


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/mikhail-kalashnikov-quotes/#739ac640

Life is composed of different inventions.
~Mikhail Kalashnikov


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/mikhail-kalashnikov-quotes/#5d800f1d

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


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/mikhail-kalashnikov-quotes/#8094145a

Man keeps inventing things all the time.
~Mikhail Kalashnikov


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/mikhail-kalashnikov-quotes/#d2a97879

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


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/mikhail-kalashnikov-quotes/#cd79f96d

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


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/mikhail-kalashnikov-quotes/#c45eefc7

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


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/mikhail-kalashnikov-quotes/#fb589950

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


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/mikhail-kalashnikov-quotes/#71ecabf3

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


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/mikhail-kalashnikov-quotes/#724abc44

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


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/mikhail-kalashnikov-quotes/#2cab6060

I do not consider the AK to be the best-ever assault rifle.
~Mikhail Kalashnikov


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/mikhail-kalashnikov-quotes/#da8a212b

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


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/mikhail-kalashnikov-quotes/#f319f6ad

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


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/mikhail-kalashnikov-quotes/#59c34d6f

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


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/mikhail-kalashnikov-quotes/#8816b685

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


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/mikhail-kalashnikov-quotes/#eb4de691

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


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/mikhail-kalashnikov-quotes/#fe057edf

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


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/mikhail-kalashnikov-quotes/#4dcf83e9

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


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/mikhail-kalashnikov-quotes/#ce6acd10

I made it to protect the motherland.
~Mikhail Kalashnikov


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/mikhail-kalashnikov-quotes/#a968cb8b

People often ask me how I feel about my invention being used to kill people every day and the AK being a common weapon of ethnic conflicts. I want to make it clear that I created my assault rifle to protect my country. You can blame politicians for its spreading out of control on a global scale.
~Mikhail Kalashnikov


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/mikhail-kalashnikov-quotes/#5d93c55a

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