- Why, there just ain't nothin' so complicated as the inside of a torpedo. It's got gyroscopes and compressed air chambers and...
- Oh, but they're only to make it go, aren't they?
10 seconds sound clip from the The African Queen (1952) classic radio play.
You can hear this line at 00:08:22 in the radio play.
Quote context
[...]
- And what are those long, torpedo-like things?
- More stuff for the mine. Them's, oxygen and hydrogen cylinders, Miss.
- You're a machinist, aren't you?
- Kind of a fixer, Miss. Jack of all trades, like they say.
- Oh, but they're only to make it go, aren't they?
- Well, we've got the African Queen...
- Yeah. Yeah, that's right, Miss.
[...]