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Mikhail Kalashnikov Quotes

Type:
Inventor Quotes
Category:
Russian Inventor Quotes
Date of Birth:
November 10, 1919
Nationality:
Russian
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I had to gain experience as I did not have a technical education.
Mikhail Kalashnikov

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

I made it to protect the motherland.
Mikhail Kalashnikov

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

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

I was probably born with some designing abilities.
Mikhail Kalashnikov

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

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

Life is composed of different inventions.
Mikhail Kalashnikov

Man keeps inventing things all the time.
Mikhail Kalashnikov

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

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

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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