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
Nancy Bond began to write her first book, which she set in Wales. She became head librarian in the Gardner, Massachusetts library in 1973.<ref name=20th> Nancy Bond Nancy Barbara Bond (born 1945) is an American author of children's literature. In 1977 her first book, "A String in the Harp", received a Newbery honor and the Welsh Tir na n-Og Award. It is fantasy novel with an element of folklore, set in West Wales. Nancy Barbara Bond was born January 8, 1945 in Bethesda, Maryland, and grew up near Concord, Massachusetts. When Bond was eight, the family spent a year in London while