Shaken, not stirred Shaken, not stirred "Shaken, not stirred" is a catchphrase of Ian Fleming's fictional British Secret Service agent James Bond and describes his preference for the preparation of his martini cocktails. The phrase first appears in the novel "Diamonds Are Forever" (1956), though Bond himself does not actually say it until "Dr. No" (1958), where his exact words are "shaken and not stirred." In the film adaptations of Fleming's novels, the phrase is first uttered by the villain, Dr. Julius No, when he offers the drink in "Dr. No" (1962), and it is not uttered by Bond himself (played by Sean
Gaius Julius Caesar (name) Gaius Julius Caesar (name) Gaius Julius Caesar () was a prominent name of the "Gens Julia" from Roman Republican times, borne by a number of figures, but most notably by the general and dictator Julius Caesar. The name "Caesar" probably originated from a dialect of Latium which did not share the rhotacism of the Roman dialect. (That is, the "s" between vowels did not change to "r".) Using the Latin alphabet as it existed in the day of Julius Caesar (100 BC – 44 BC) (i.e., without lower case letters, "J", or "U"), Caesar's name is properly rendered (the spelling