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Quotes by "Mikhail Kalashnikov"

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
Tags: never, go, travel, wife
We had grain but no mills, so I designed a special mill of wood so we could make flour.
— Mikhail Kalashnikov
Tags: had, make, wood, special
I made it to protect the motherland.
— Mikhail Kalashnikov
Tags: made, protect
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
Tags: run, train, like, new
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
Tags: doing, home, myself, work
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
Tags: home, myself, work, life
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