#dyslexia

Scrabble was invented by Nazis to piss off kids with dyslexia. ↗

— Eddie Izzard

#humor #scrabble #humor

What did Ethan care? _He_ had no trouble navigating. This was because he’d lived all his life in one house, was Macon’s theory; while a person who’d been moved around a great deal never acquired a fixed point of reference but wandered forever in a fog — adrift upon the planet, helpless, praying that just by luck he might stumble across his destination. ↗

— Anne Tyler

#geographic-dyslexia #life

I think my dyslexia was a vital part of my development because my inability to read and write meant that I had to find knowledge elsewhere so I looked to the cinema. ↗

— Joe Wright

#cinema #development #dyslexia #elsewhere #find

I definitely have managed to overcome dyslexia now to become a fully functional human being but things were a lot more difficult when I was younger. ↗

— Ahmet Zappa

#being #definitely #difficult #dyslexia #fully

I do a lot of work with the Dyslexia Institute because, for people with dyslexia who do not have parental support, it is a huge disadvantage. I was fortunate because my Mum was a teacher and she taught me to work hard. ↗

— Susan Hampshire

#disadvantage #dyslexia #fortunate #hard #huge

Dyslexia, though, made me realise that people who say 'but you can't do that' aren't actually very important. I don't take 'no' too seriously. ↗

— Richard Rogers

#dyslexia #i #important #made #me

Ozzy has dyslexia. ↗

— Zakk Wylde

#ozzy

I was growing up in the 50's and 60's. Back then they didn't even know what dyslexia was. ↗

— Bruce Jenner

#dyslexia #even #growing #growing up #i

I was not good in school. I could never read very fast or very well. I got tested for learning disabilities, for dyslexia. Then I got put on Ritalin and Dexedrine. I took those starting in the eighth grade. As soon as they pumped that drug into me, it would focus me right in. ↗

— Channing Tatum

#disabilities #dyslexia #eighth #eighth grade #fast

Mario, what do you get when you cross an insomniac, an unwilling agnostic and a dyslexic?" "I give." "You get someone who stays up all night torturing himself mentally over the question of whether or not there's a dog. ↗

— David Foster Wallace

#dogs #dyslexia #god #humor #insomnia