The 'height' of the ceiling is eight feet. [=the ceiling is eight feet above the floor; the ceiling is eight feet high]
It was 'the height of' stupidity to quit the team. [=it was extremely stupid to quit the team]
He was 'at the height of' his fame when he died. [=he died when he was most famous]
(..) Hey, smoke my dick, you fuckin' whores! - Fuck you, dick! - Stupid redhead. You guys, I'm afraid of heights... but I'm not afraid of getting high. I'm afraid of an island with no boys on it. - Are you afraid of anything? (..)1996 Foxfire