The spoken word converts individual knowledge into mutual knowledge, and there is no way back once you've gone over that cliff. Saying nothing was more amendable, and over time I'd come to see that it was usually your best course of action. Karen Joy Fowler
The aim of management science is to display the best course of action in a given set of circumstances, and this must include all the circumstances. Anthony Stafford Beer
I encourage active skepticism - when people are being skeptical because they're trying to identify the best course of action. They're trying to identify the next step for themselves or other people. Timothy Ferriss
Sometimes knowing what's right isn't a rational decision, or even what works on paper. Sometimes leaving is the best course of action after all. Jodi Picoult