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.

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.

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.

My work is my life, and my life is my work. I invented this assault rifle to defend my country. Today, I am proud that it has become for many synonymous with liberty.

After a while I started to think of that as an image of something that went a lot deeper than the dead dog, which is you can't bring back anything to life.

There is an excitement about having nightmares.

We don't earn God's love; we receive it. We don't work for His approval; He approves us.

Celtic is a community institution the supporters are entitled to be proud of.

I'm not a performer. If they're looking for entertainer-in-chief, I'm probably not the guy.

I am still the same girl. The only difference that success has brought about is the love and affection of the people.

I don't believe in an afterlife but I still fully expect to see my brother again.

When I look back on my life, I wonder how I survived - my mother said I had a guardian angel.

I got married really fast and really young.

There is inevitably a trade-off between staffing and safety, and as a society we must decide where that balance should be struck.