Dyslexic Quotations

I was dyslexic - was, still am - 'cause I would see words that weren't there. And people just started laughing, and I thought, well, this is a good way to make a living. I'll just go downtown to read and have people laugh, you know?

As a kid, I thought of myself as stupid because I needed remedial help. It was not until much later that I figured out that I was dyslexic and that my trouble with spelling and sounding out words did not mean I was stupid, but early impressions stuck with me and colored my world for a time.

Now, where does my comedy come from, like, as a human being? Yeah, when I was a kid I was dyslexic and had to go to special-ed every day and felt stupid about that and got very witty to defend myself.

I was very active but I was dyslexic and had a really hard time at school.

The one advantage of being dyslexic is that you are never tempted to look back and idealise your childhood.

If I had not been dyslexic, I wouldn't have needed sports. I would have been like every other kid. Instead, I found my one thing, and I was never going to let go of it. That little dyslexic kid is always in the back of your head.

Being dyslexic, I was told that I was an idiot all the time.

I'm a dyslexic person, so I avoid books.

She is an example to dyslexic people and what you can do in the world, ... I can remember going through middle school struggling. I was on my own.

I loved 'Harry Potter' growing up. I'm dyslexic and a slow reader, but I could get through the thick ones in days!

I was, am , severely dyslexic and couldn't spell, still can't spell. So I was discouraged from writing and embarrassed.

This study confirms that dyslexic children can be typically smart and can have strong IQs. The reading disability is not a global effect on entire brain function.

Hi, well soon return you to the dyslexic production of Bitty Bitty Chang Chang...

We don't yet know what factors determine whether people with this genetic variation do or don't end up with dyslexia, ... A host of environmental and genetic influences likely influences or determines whether somebody with this particular genetic variation ends up being dyslexic or not. And until the nature of some of those other influences is fully specified, we won't know what it means to say to somebody that their 5-year-old child has this particular genetic endowment.

It's dyslexic policy. In telecommunications, the Government is doing all it can to handicap the incumbent, while in media it's doing all it can to protect the interests of the dinosaurs.

I'm dyslexic when it comes to reading putts, too. I hit more putts that I think are going right and they go left-it's unbelievable.

I'm quite dyslexic in school.

One thing about mildly dyslexic people - they're good at setting everything else aside to pursue one goal.

I'm well beyond dyslexic: I have no sense of direction; I never know where I am.