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.

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.

We want so badly to be happy – to live the kinds of lives that we always hoped we’d live – that we give gifts to ourselves by remembering things not as they were, but as we wish they were.

When I realize I made someone's day, it makes my day.

If we allow our American mindset of consumption to spill into our understanding of what a Christian is, we are in danger of living irrespective of world family.

Words that are not spoken are much more powerful than words that are spoken in unbelief.

There is no finer guitarist than Kenny Burrell

I look at directing as a sporting event. It's a race, a marathon. It's great when it clicks, which is why I push my crews so hard so we can excel.

I never examined my role in male culture, in hyper masculinity. I never examined it, nobody ever called me on it.

No matter how difficult the challenge, when we spread our wings of faith and allow the winds of God's spirit to lift us, no obstacle is too great to overcome.

I think in many ways, the texture of technology actually diminishes human beings. It doesn't augment them.