The whole point of going to a coffee shop is to smoke.

Arjan Roskam, chairman of the Union for Cannabis Retailers in Amsterdam, on a new Dutch law that bans smoking at coffee shops that sell marijuana. Government officials expressed concern about second-hand smoke, not pot use, in passing the law. The Netherlands has about 800 cannabis cafes.

Appallingly lax.

Adams County (Colo.) District Judge John J. Vigil, describing jury supervision during a murder case over which he presided. Judge Vigil was angry that jurors consulted the Bible during deliberations and on May 23 overturned convicted murderer Robert Harlan's death sentence.

I'm not going to be idle. I don't think I can do that.

Larry Brown, considered by basketball analysts to be one of the sport's top teaching coaches, on his plans after stepping down last week as coach of the Philadelphia 76ers. Mr. Brown, 62, was the 2000-01 coach of the year in the NBA.

Kids are looking up to you. Don't go out there rambling if you don't know what you're talking about.

Actor MARK WAHLBERG on "a lot of dumb stars" who share their political opinions.

The last thing that I've been unable to control in my quest to control everything around me is death.

Metallica drummer LARS ULRICH.