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

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 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.

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

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 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.