“As sunshine broken in the rill,
Though turned astray, is sunshine still.”
Thomas Moore (1779–1852) Irish poet, singer and songwriter
Lalla Rookh http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00generallinks/lallarookh/index.html (1817), Part V-VIII: The Fire-Worshippers
“[on the greatest invention] Liquid Prell.”
Mel Brooks (1926) American director, writer, actor, and producer
The 2,000 Year Old Man (and sequels)
“Thy liquid notes that close the eye of day.”
John Milton (1608–1674) English epic poet
Sonnet to the Nightingale, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919). Compare: "That well by reason men it call may / The daisie, or els the eye of the day, / The emprise, and floure of floures all", Geoffrey Chaucer, Prologue of the Legend of Good Women, line 183
“A good laugh is sunshine in a house”
William Makepeace Thackeray (1811–1863) novelist
Variant: A good laugh is a sunshine in a house.
“This isn't the old Mister Sunshine.”
Bill Murray (1950) American actor and comedian
The Razor's Edge (1984)
“Daisies are like sunshine to the ground.”
Drew Barrymore (1975) American actress, director and producer
