In music, the Epica song "Stay The Course" (from Requiem for the Indifferent) is a criticism of this policy, and the popular culture surrounding its use.
Please Stay | Don't You Wanna Stay | Stay Positive | I'll Stay Me | Fate/stay night | Stay Positive (album) | Stay Away, Joe | Should I Stay or Should I Go | Help! Teach is Coming to Stay | Heart Station/Stay Gold | Stay (Wasting Time) | Stay Tuned | Stay Puft Marshmallow Man | Stay (I Missed You) | Stay Hungry Stay Foolish | Stay (Faraway, So Close!) | Stay Down Here Where You Belong | Stay Beautiful | Stay Awhile/I Only Want to Be with You | Stay-at-home defenceman | Stay-at-home dad | Stay Another Day | Stay Alive | Please Stay (song) | Jewels from the Moon and the Meteor That Couldn't Stay | Darkside / Stay Awake |
Congresswoman Jean Schmidt used the phrase in the U.S. house of Representatives on November 18, 2005: "A few minutes ago, I received a call from Colonel Danny Bubp, Ohio representative from the 88th District in the House of Representatives. He asked me to send Congress a message: Stay the course. He also asked me to send Congressman Murtha a message: that cowards cut and run, Marines never do."