Kalashnikov Quotes

It is painful for me to see when criminal elements of all kinds fire from my weapon. ~ Mikhail Kalashnikov

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

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

For many observers, a child who has known nothing but war, a child for whom the Kalashnikov is the only way to make a living and for whom the bush is the most welcoming community, is a child lost forever for peace and development. I contest this view. For the sake of these children, it is essential to prove that another life is possible. ~ Ishmael Beah

It appears that the murder rate inside prisons is ten times higher than that outside prisons. It must be due to all those Kalashnikov rifles that are issued to prisoners upon their incarceration. ~ Jeff Cooper

My aim was to create armaments to protect the borders of my motherland. It is not my fault that the Kalashnikov became very well-known in the world; that it was used in many troubled places. I think the policies of these countries are to blame, not the designers. Man is born to protect his family, his children, his wife. But I want you to know that apart from armaments, I have written three books in which I try to educate our youth to show respect for their families, for old people, for history. ~ Mikhail Kalashnikov

My spiritual pain is unbearable. I keep having the same unsolved question: if my rifle claimed people's lives, then can it be that I a Christian and an Orthodox believer, was to blame for their deaths? ~ Mikhail Kalashnikov

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

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

Talk about tactful - she's got a tongue like a Kalashnikov! ~ Steve Fowler

I am still ready to shake hands with anyone who designs a better assault rifle than mine. ~ Mikhail Kalashnikov

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

Then it was like a genie out of the bottle and it began to walk all on its own and in directions I did not want. ~ Mikhail Kalashnikov

I've always wanted to improve and expand on the good name of my weapon by doing good things. ~ 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 was trying to perform as best as possible. I was a boy at the time, but worked well with the sickle. ~ Mikhail Kalashnikov

I sleep well. It's the politicians who are to blame for failing to come to an agreement and resorting to violence. ~ Mikhail Kalashnikov

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

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

When I see Bin Laden with his AK-47, I got nervous. But what can I do, terrorists aren't fools: they too chose the most reliable guns. ~ Mikhail Kalashnikov

He had a Kalashnikov, the universal weapon of all budget warriors, ~ Claire North

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

I made it to protect the motherland. ~ Mikhail Kalashnikov

AK 47, is perfect copy, yes? Every detail. Like real thing. Yes. Kalashnikov. Your boy, he be happy for Uncle Sante, no?"
"I'm sorry, Sante. It's really nice of you, but I don't want Sofus playing with guns."
Conversation between George Hanson and Sante
In The Shadow of Sadd ~ Steen Langstrup

It wasn't perfect, but it would do for a few seconds, long enough to hole up and wait for the shooting to die down. Only it didn't. Pistols, shotguns, and that clatter you never forget, the kind that tells you someone has a Kalashnikov. ~ Max Brooks

...(T)he last rebels of the Tuareg uprising that had devastated the north for half a decade agreed to lay down their weapons, and the nomadic warriors surrendered thousands of Kalashnikov rifles to the government. The weapons were buried tin the concrete pedestal f a "monument of Peace" that sits on a rise on Timbuktu's outskirts- an assemblage of interlocking archways surrounded by colorful murals of Malian government soldiers and Tuareg rebels shaking hands and burning their weapons. ~ Joshua Hammer

Kabul fell prey to men who looked like they had tumbled out of their mothers with Kalashnikov in hand ... ~ Khaled Hosseini

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

Life is composed of different inventions. ~ Mikhail Kalashnikov