Yet it drinks up energy like a sponge.
5 seconds sound clip from the Forbidden Planet (1956) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:52:43 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- Try your blaster there, commander.
- And no trace of radioactivity.
- The molecules are many times more densely interlocked than in earthly steel.
- Yet it drinks up energy like a sponge.
- A sheer bulk surpassing many million earthly libraries.
- A little. It's my profession.
[...]