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

Things that are complex are not useful, Things that are useful are simple.

I would prefer to have invented a machine that people could use and that would help farmers with their work - for example a lawnmower.

I created a weapon to defend the borders of my motherland. It's not my fault that it's being used where it shouldn't be. The politicians are more to blame for this.

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.

Before attempting to create something new, it is vital to have a good appreciation of everything that already exists in this field.

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

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

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.

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

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

The most important thing is this: to sacrifice what you are now for what you can become tomorrow.

Conversely, I though humiliation would be everything, but it´s such a nothing.

You can’t be friends with a droid.

What, after all, was the point of civilization if not the well-being of citizens?

The right server for the right job.

To walk into history is to be free at once, to be at large among people.

I compare the pressure of a golf shot with making an extra point in basketball. The player starts from a full stop, and that rim doesn't move.

In all things seek to know God's Will and when known obey at any cost.

If you're going through hell...keep going! You always grow through what you go through.

If I had been living through the '80s, I probably would've gotten into a lot more trouble than my parents.