Some sort of biblical reference?

[methdeez]

So, I am reading the press conference quotes on PE.com, becuase I find it is much easier than to read all the articles in the paper, which basically take the same quotes and spin and mis-interpret them to hell, when I ran across this from Brad Childress:

"He also serves who only stands and waits."

When talking about Ryan Moats.
Is Brad getting some religion, or does he just talk funny?

[Sgt PSN]

And theeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeen?

[methdeez]

And theeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeen?

Yah, sorry about that, hit some key by accident and it thought I was done.

[Sgt PSN]

[Diomedes]

It's from Milton.
 
On His Blindness
 
WHEN I consider how my light is spent   
  E're half my days, in this dark world and wide,   
  And that one Talent which is death to hide,   
  Lodg'd with me useless, though my Soul more bent   
To serve therewith my Maker, and present            5
  My true account, least he returning chide,   
  Doth God exact day-labour, light deny'd,   
  I fondly ask; But patience to prevent   
That murmur, soon replies, God doth not need   
  Either man's work or his own gifts, who best     10
  Bear his milde yoak, they serve him best, his State   
Is Kingly. Thousands at his bidding speed   
  And post o're Land and Ocean without rest:   
  They also serve who only stand and waite.

[Rome]

Edited - good job, Dio.

[methdeez]

I know OC's were smart, but jeez!
Why not throw some Ling Pao in there too?

[Diomedes]

I don't go for Eastern thought.  It's a fault, I know.

[methdeez]

Try some of the poon-tang.
It's nice.

[Sgt PSN]

Heh heh.  Childress is like smart and stuff.  Heh heh. 

[Diomedes]

Edited - good job, Dio.

You edited that out before the tag caught it.  A guilty point of pride whenever I can manage it myself.

[Rome]

Man, Milton takes some getting used to when reading his works.

I was reading that poem and had to re-start it twice just to get the flow of it down.

Lazy POS.   

[Diomedes]

He's marvelous.

[Susquehanna Birder]

Milton's almost as much fun as Chaucer.

[Rome]

Milton's almost as much fun as Chaucer.

What's funny about that is, they give ninth graders "The Canterbury Tales" and expect them to understand it.