My father was an angry and impatient teacher and flung the reading book at my head. — William Butler Yeats Copy Share Image
The world is so ass-backwards it almost makes you wish you were dyslexic. — Dennis Miller Copy Share Image
I'm very grateful to being dyslexic and I owe my career to being dyslexic. — Charley Boorman Copy Share Image
My childhood was extremely lonely. I was dyslexic and lots of kids make fun of me. That experience made me tough inside,… — Tom Cruise Copy Share Image
“Sometimes there is a microcosm and a macrocosm, and if you're dyslexic like me you can't tell the difference.” — Bruce Bickford Copy Share Image
I had to train myself to focus my attention. I became very visual and learned how to create mental images in order… — Tom Cruise Copy Share Image
I just barely got through school. The problem was a learning disability, at a time when there was no where to get… — Bruce Jenner Copy Share Image
I'm dyslexic, I have attention-deficit disorder, and I've got something like a hereditary tremor. — Ozzy Osbourne Copy Share Image
Being very dyslexic I couldn't even tie my own shoe laces until the age of 21 and I struggled at school. — Leo Sayer Copy Share Image
Unlikely things to see in a Valentine's card - "I may be dyslexic but that doesn't mean I don't vole you." — Russell Howard Copy Share Image
As a child, I was called stupid and lazy. On the SAT I got 159 out of 800 in math. My parents… — Henry Winkler Copy Share Image
I was diagnosed dyslexic, but I should point out I don't think it majorly impacted on me. I don't feel that I… — Tom Burke Copy Share Image
I grew up in a school system . . . where nobody understood the meaning of learning disorder. In the West Indies,… — Harry Belafonte Copy Share Image
You can write when you're dyslexic, you just can't read it. But I started writing short stories as a child and I… — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
Being dyslexic can actually help in the outside world. I see some things clearer than other people do because I have to… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
I was on the whole considerably discouraged by my school days... It is not pleasant to feel oneself so completely outclassed and… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
It caused more problems as a young kid, because the simple process of perceiving words on a piece of paper was hard… — Bruce Jenner Copy Share Image
Throughout human history, some of our most influential inventors, entrepreneurs, and leaders have had disabilities. For example, Bill Gates, Sir Richard Branson,… — Cathy McMorris Rodgers Copy Share Image
My dad's cool with that kind of stuff. He always wanted me to do my best. I'm quite dyslexic in school. My… — Georgia May Jagger Copy Share Image
I'm kind of emotionally dyslexic, and when I feel vulnerable or nervous, I laugh. — Whitney Cummings Copy Share Image
I've given him more mixed signals than a dyslexic Morse code operator. — Rachel Cohn Copy Share Image
I wasn't dyslexic, I was just very slow. I passed my time daydreaming. — Jean Dujardin Copy Share Image
I was very active but I was dyslexic and had a really hard time at school. — Ashley Scott Copy Share Image
Still, one of the few good things about being dyslexic is that when I say I don’t read reviews, I mean I… — Ozzy Osbourne Copy Share Image
“The word itself—dyslexia—is ironically very hard for dyslexic people to spell correctly” — Eddie Izzard Copy Share Image
D.C. is a hard city to grow up in. I couldn't find my footing there. Also, I got a late start academically,… — Justin Theroux Copy Share Image
The trouble is, I don't read aloud well, and never have. I grew up dyslexic, and it's remained uncomfortable for me even… — Mark Schlereth Copy Share Image
Technology can be an enormous enabler. I'll give you one example. I have never really talked about this before, but I am… — Matt Hancock Copy Share Image
Well, I couldn't spell my name until I was eight - my second name. I was so dyslexic. Max I could do.… — Max Irons Copy Share Image
The one advantage of being dyslexic is that you are never tempted to look back and idealise your childhood. — Richard Rogers Copy Share Image
Honestly, I just thought I was dumb. Which isn't the case, I know now. When I got told I was dyslexic, it… — Dylan Llewellyn Copy Share Image
